UK Forces Will Be Sent 'Outside The Wire' In Iraq As Islamic State Retreats - Counter-IED Report

UK Forces Will Be Sent ‘Outside The Wire’ In Iraq As Islamic State Retreats

Posted onOctober 24, 2017AuthorCIEDR

British personnel in Iraq will be sent ‘outside the wire’ as part of a change in strategy in the fight against so-called Islamic State.

UK forces deployed at Iraq’s Al-Asad Airbase will train further forward, and provide enhanced protection for those Brits working in and around coalition bases.

2 RIFLES currently provide counter-IED, infantry and combat medical training to Iraqi Security Forces at Al-Asad, and will now patrol outside the perimeter of the base, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon MP told the House of Commons.