Canadian military personnel are training Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq in their fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Footage shot by Canadian news channel CTV in Iraq showed Canadian troops wearing the red, green and white flag of Kurdistan, with a yellow sun at its centre, on one sleeve of their uniforms in late April.
A spokesperson for the Department of National Defence told Al Jazeera the Kurdish flag is being used to ensure troop safety.
“Our members are wearing the flag of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to enhance cohesion with partner forces and to ensure easy visual identification, which contributes to force protection,” Daniel Lebouthillier said in an email.
“Canada remains committed to a unified, stable and secure Iraq.”
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