Canada To Send Fighter Jets, Surveillance Planes To Battle ISIS In Iraq

Canada announced Friday plans to send fighter jets to Iraq to participate in airstrikes on strongholds of the Islamic State group, becoming the latest country to join the U.S.-led coalition, BBC News reported. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada would send fighter jets, refueling aircraft and surveillance planes to combat the militant group formerly known as either ISIL or ISIS during an address to the House of Commons.