Islamic State and Lise Bourgon

The independent Syrian Observatory Human Rights: The independent Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said as many as 20 Syrian soldiers and pro-government militia were killed in the lead-up to the capture, which included airstrikes by government forces, according to Hamilton Spectator. The Canadian mandate against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is clear, Brig.-Gen. Two CF-18 jets carried out airstrikes this week near the eastern city of Al Hasakah, a hotly contested region where units loyal to Assad recaptured some territory from extremists last weekend. Lise Bourgon, who took over recently as the detachment commander, said Friday. "We attack the ISIS targets that are given to us. She also said there are no western forces on the ground spotting targets in Syria. "We have intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft that are flying, and the targeting again is being done in a deliberate manner with input from a number of specialist personnel, intelligence, legal and operational staff," she said. "We see the target from above and then we make sure we have the right info to avoid civilian casualties or any collateral damage, and when the time comes we do the targeting, but there is no contact with the Syrian government — or Syrian forces on the ground." Bourgon wouldn't go into further details, or clarify whether there had been contacts between Syrian planes and coalition planes. That is really our target and there has been no co-ordination with the government of Syria," Bourgon said from Kuwait, where Canada warplanes, surveillance aircraft and refueller are based. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.