First Canadian Fighter Jets Operated in Syria
KABUL: (Middle East Press) Canada has started its first military jets airstrike inside Syria, in order to target the ISIL close to the headquarters of the Takfiri group in the northern Raqqa city of Syria.
The air-raids was conducted by two Canadian CF-18 Hornet fighter jets, with precision guided munitions. The target was said to be a former Syrian military installation near Raqqa, which lies 440 kilometers (273 miles) northeast of the Syrian capital, Damascus, and which had been taken over by ISIL rebels.
The Canada’s Department of National Defense said up to 10 coalition fighter jets, including six from the United States, were involved in the strike.
“The CAF’s first airstrike against ISIL in Syria has been successfully completed,” Canada’s Chief of the Defense Staff General Tom Lawson said.
“Canada is making sure that ISIL has no safe haven,” Defense Minister Jason Kenney claimed via Twitter on Wednesday.
“This first airstrike under the expanded mandate demonstrates our government’s firm resolve to tackle the threat of terrorism against Canada and to promote international security and stability,” he said in a statement.
