Canadian soldiers serving in northern Iraq have been wearing the Kurdish flag on their uniforms since the early days of the mission in 2014. A Canadian special forces soldier, foreground, working in northern Iraq with local peshmerga soldiers wears the Kurdish flag on his uniform. ( Bruce Campion-Smith / Toronto Star ) | Order this photoCanada’s military is reviewing whether soldiers serving in northern Iraq will continue wearing the Kurdish flag on their uniforms—a potential flashpoint in that nation’s politics. A small group of Canadian special forces soldiers were deployed to northern Iraq in the fall of 2014 to assist peshmerga forces contain the onslaught of Daesh fighters, also known as ISIS and ISIL. Canadian troops say that wearing the distinctive red, white and green flag with a sun emblem in the middle is meant as a symbol of solidarity with the Kurdish peshmerga troops they are training and advising near Erbil.

Source: thestar June 02, 2016 01:52 UTC