ISIL 'kills scores' in Iraqi province

Women and children were said to be among those executed over the past 10 days in western Iraq's Anbar province which has been largely overrun by ISIL.

Accounts varied as to the number and timings of the executions in Anbar, but all sources spoke of more than 200 people murdered in recent days.

Police Colonel Shaaban al-Obaidi told the AFP news agency that more than 200 people were killed, while Faleh al-Essawi, deputy head of Anbar provincial council, put the toll at 258.

Canada joins campaign 

News of the killings came as Canada conducted air strikes on ISIL positions in Iraq for the first time on Sunday.

"Today's strike demonstrates our government's firm resolve to tackle the threat of terrorism and to stand with our allies against ISIL's atrocities against innocent women, children and men," Canadian Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said in a statement.

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