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Turkey has warned Canada about the risks of supplying weapons to various groups in Iraq after its commandos seized an Ontario-made assault rifle during a raid on a terrorist stronghold and amid reports that other Canadian-built guns are turning up for sale on the Iraqi black market.

Turkish commandos killed seven members of the terrorist group PKK during fighting in a mountainous region of the country in late April. Among equipment seized was a NEA-15 assault rifle, made by North Eastern Arms of Ontario, Turkish officials have said.

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It is unclear how the weapon found its way into the hands of the PKK, which is considered a terrorist group by Canada, the U.S. and other NATO countries.

But in 2016 the Armament Research Services, which provides analysis on weapons for governments and the private sector, reported that Kurdish Peshmerga and personal security detachments within the Iraqi Special Operations Force 1 Brigade were being armed with rifles produced by North Eastern Arms. On its Facebook page, North Eastern Arms has highlighted trips by company officials to Iraq and Kurdistan.