Contents
2 DAESH and the threat posed by DAESH affiliates
Definition of the term ‘airstrike’
Comparison of the number of airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
Comparison of UK airstrikes with those of Coalition partners
Training in the wider Middle East
UK military action—Gifting of Equipment
The ethnic and political composition of the Syrian opposition and UK support for non-state actors
The threat posed by Jabhat al-Nusra
Russian and Assad regime efforts to combat DAESH
5 UK strategy in the Middle East and the wider strategy against extremism
The potential for the failure of the current strategy
The pace of the strategy and political reform
Concerns about human rights abuses by UK-supported forces
The danger posed by military success without political reform
UK strategy in the Middle East
6 Changing the way we intervene
The effectiveness of past UK interventions
Committing to reconstruction and stabilisation
Conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: Tables showing airstrikes
Appendix 2: Airstrike data from US Department of Defense website
Appendix 3: Correspondence between the Committee and the Secretary of State
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
16 September 2016