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Canadian fighter jets joined coalition aircraft in bombing Islamic State targets near the key Iraqi city of Ramadi this week but extremist forces are still hanging on despite losing at least a third of their troops in such raids.

The ongoing aerial onslaught killed an estimated 350 Islamic State gunmen in and around Ramadi, according to the U.S. military. The U.S. believes there were between 600 to 1,000 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) occupying the city.

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But the recapture of Ramadi, seized by ISIL in May, has been slow in coming and the U.S. is considering sending in American advisers and helicopter gunships to help the Iraqis.

Two CF-18s bombed an ISIL fighting position near Ramadi on Wednesday, Canadian Forces spokesman Capt. Kirk Sullivan said Friday.

Sullivan, citing security issues, wouldn’t say whether the bombing was the beginning of a new wave of Canadian air support for the Iraqi offensive to retake the city. “We can’t talk about ongoing operations,” he added.