December 3, 2014

2014-12-04T18:19:50-05:00

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The British House of Commons Defence Committee held a hearing on coalition efforts against ISIS* militants and their advances on targets in Iraq and Syria. Witnesses included the British deputy chief of defense staff and the senior defense adviser to the Middle East in the Foreign Commonwealth Office. Topics included training the Iraqi forces, the role of the U.S. and the U.K. in Iraq, and the political climate in the Middle East.



*The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), is a militant group that has called itself the Islamic State.

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