Canadian special forces are in Mali to protect Canadian assets, in a mission separate from the Canadian Forces C-17 delivery of French military equipment, seen here and above in Bamako, Mali, on ...

Paratroopers trained by special forces based in Canada were behind a failed counter-coup in Mali last year to bring back a democratically elected government, but many have since been hunted down ...

A Canadian Forces technician secures a French military jeep on board a Canadian Forces C-17 at a base in France on Jan.19, 2013, en route to Bamako, Mali. Sgt. Matthew McGregor/The Canadian Press ...