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Canada pulling refuelling plane from anti-ISIL mission
OTTAWA — Coalition warplanes will no longer turn to the Canadian military for mid-air fill ups over Iraq and Syria.
The Canadian Forces will bring home its Polaris air-to-air refuelling plane on Saturday, bringing a close to one of Canada’s longest contributions to the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
The first Polaris refueller arrived in Kuwait to begin supporting anti-ISIL missions over Iraq — and later Syria — in October 2014, as the international community scrambled to counter the extremist group’s spread.