The Canadian sniper who set a world record by hitting an Islamic State fighter from 2.2 miles away also saved additional lives during the attack, a Canadian special forces official said.

News; Canadian Special Forces in firefight with ISIS troops . Published: ; Jan. 22, 2015, 12:20 a.m.

The training role has, however, produced Canadian casualties. In March, 2015, a Canadian special forces operator was killed and three others wounded when a Kurdish soldier mistook them for ISIS ...

Canadian special forces have exchanged fire with Islamic State in Iraq twice more since Canada became the first Western country to say that its ground troops have fought the extremist group.

The vehicles would provide special forces with the capability for off-road operations and be air transportable by the Royal Canadian Air Force's Chinook helicopters as well as C-17 and C-130 planes.

An anonymous Canadian military source said one of their special forces snipers has shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot at a distance of over 2 miles.

Canadian special forces command had six sensor operators that had been assigned to work the various high-tech systems on the CE-145C Vigilance aircraft. Article content. Article content.

One Canadian special forces soldier was part of a controversial 20-member U.S. miltary team dubbed Talon Anvil in 2015 while other Canadian military personnel played a supporting role or were ...

The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, or CANSOFCOM for short, contains Canada’s elite special operations units. Canada even has a tier one unit, which is called Joint Task Force 2.

Canadian special forces members are in Israel helping Canada's embassy there with "contingency planning," a Department of National Defence spokesperson confirmed to CBC News on Sunday.

Canadian special forces leaders reasoned they didn’t have to follow the military directive since the surveillance plane they ...