About 200 Canadian Forces personnel are in Ukraine and around 500 are in Iraq.
A member of the Canadian Forces stands on tarmac at the Canadian Forces base in the Persian Gulf on Feb. 19, 2017.
The extensions shore up Canada's contributions to the global effort to curb Russian aggression in Eastern Europe and to the fight against Islamic militants in the Middle East. The Forces have been involved in Ukraine since September 2015, helping train the country's military, which is battling Russian-backed separatist forces.
Canada has about 500 military members in Iraq, including 200 who are part of a NATO training mission and 120 special forces who have been helping Iraqi forces root out Islamic State insurgents around the northern city of Mosul.
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