House of Commons - The situation in Iraq and Syria and the response to al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq al-Sham (DAESH)

Defence - Seventh Report
The situation in Iraq and Syria and the response to al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq al-Sham (DAESH)

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 27 January 2015.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

Conclusions and recommendations

1 Introduction

2 The DAESH campaign in Iraq and Syria

The DAESH advance

The nature and recent actions of DAESH

Why act against DAESH?

The legal case

3 The policy of the UK Government

State-building

The current strategy and comparison to the 'Surge Strategy of 2007'

The challenges of the strategy

4 The Iraqi Security Forces and Government

Iraqi Security Forces

Shia Militia

Kurdish Forces

The National Guard

The Iraqi Prime Minister and State

Sectarian conflict

DAESH

5 Britain and Iraq

The current UK contribution

Air strikes

Training and equipping the Peshmerga

Assessing the scale of the UK contribution

6 What more might the UK do?

Formulate a strategy

Training Iraqi Forces

Expanding current UK operations:

Extending air strikes

Expanding work with the Peshmerga

Special Forces

Defence Engagement and the Adaptable Brigades

Regional Solution

The Political Dimension of Iraq

7 Conclusion

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Session