Obama hopes Canada will continue supporting war on ISIL: White House
The administration of US President Barack Obama says it hopes the new Canadian government will continue to support the fight against Daesh (ISIL) militants in Iraq and Syria.
"The Obama administration and the United States will be in talks with our Canadian partners about their contribution to our counter-ISIL effort," White House Spokesman Josh Earnest said Tuesday.
"We hope that we can continue to count on their ongoing support for this very important mission," Earnest said.
He also thanked the outgoing Prime Minister Stephen Harper for building strong relations with the United States.
President Obama called Canadian prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau on Tuesday to congratulate his party’s victory.
Trudeau's Liberal Party swept to power on Monday following the country’s general election, ending nearly a decade of Conservative Party rule under Harper.
As part of his election campaign, Trudeau had pledged to remove Canada's six fighter jets from the US-led bombing campaign against ISIL in Syria and Iraq.
The American-led military intervention against purported Daesh positions in Iraq started in June, 2014. A similar coalition began in Syria in September. Canada has been a member of both coalitions.
The ISIL militants have seized large swathes of land in Syria and Iraq. They have been carrying out heinous crimes against all communities in both neighboring Arab states.
Observers say that the US and its allies helped create and train the militant groups to wreak havoc in Muslim countries.
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