Canadian Foreign Fighters

• A Montreal man is wanted by the RCMP for terrorism, but Canada won’t take him back

  Wassim Boughadou is one of several Canadians wanted for terrorism, but not not so badly that Ottawa has brought them home.

  Canada

  May 19
  
• In first for Canada, woman convicted for ‘family support’ role in ISIS

  Oumaima Chouay is the first of several Canadian women who were captured in Syria during the war against ISIS to be convicted of terrorism. She was handed a one-day sentence.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2025
  
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• Canadian Forces reservist died fighting with ISIS

  Investigators said Bilal Khan, a former reservist from Hamilton, was the only known Canadian ex-soldier to join the ISIS terrorist group.

  Canada

  May 30, 2023
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• RCMP make 2nd ‘national security’ arrest in Calgary in 2 months

  The arrest came two months after a former ISIS member was taken into custody in Calgary.

  Canada

  Sep 24, 2020
• CSIS used information collected via illegal activities to get counter-terrorism warrants, court rules

  CSIS 'breached the duty of candour it owed to the court' by not disclosing the illegal activities, the court said

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2020
• Foreigners from Canada among those captured during fight against ISIS in Afghanistan, UN says

  Foreign fighters from countries including Canada were captured during an operation against ISIS in Afghanistan last November, according to a report to the UN Security Council.

  Canada

  Jan 29, 2020
• Canada will not be making U.S. ‘suggestion’ to repatriate ISIS fighters a priority: Goodale

  Ralph Goodale said while the government is looking into whether the children of foreign fighters can be protected, returning Canadian foreign fighters is not a priority,

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2019
• Goodale says Canadian ISIS fighters will face consequences, officials won’t be put in danger to help

  Global News asked specifically whether he thinks the people consular officials would be going to help are worth that risk.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2018
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• Conservatives hammer Trudeau government for inaction on Canadian ISIS fighters

  Andrew Scheer said the Liberals have failed to take meaningful action to bring alleged ISIS fighters to justice who have “committed atrocities.”

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2018
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• When he was 20, he fled Canada to join ISIS. Now he’s believed dead and his family says it didn’t see the signs

  Researchers said parents they interviewed generally had little grasp of what was happening as their children were embracing extremist violence, and were “largely at a loss” about what to do.

  Canada

  May 24, 2018