<div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Canada has announced that it will assume command of a new NATO training and capacity building mission in Iraq. </span></font></div>''<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</span></font></div>''<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">In a statement, Government yesterday said the Canadian troops will be deployed in the Baghdad region to help Iraq build a more effective national security structure and improve training for Iraqi security forces. </span></font></div>''<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</span></font></div>''<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country is proud to take a leadership role in Iraq, and work with its allies and the government of Iraq. Canada as part of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group is already contributing air power, medical support and help in training Iraqi forces since 2014. </span></font></div></div>