Michael Fallon discusses strategies being used to counter Daesh

• Watch Parliament TV: UK military operations in Syria and Iraq
• Inquiry: UK military operations in Syria and Iraq
• Defence Committee

Witnesses

Thursday 26 May 2016, Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

At 10.30am

• Rt Hon Michal Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defence
• Lieutenant General Mark Carleton-Smith CBE, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations)
• Dominic Wilson, Director of Operational Policy, Ministry of Defence

Purpose of the session

The Committee will question the Secretary of State for Defence on:

• the military and political strategy to counter DAESH;
• the military and political implications of the UK's military involvement in Syria in operations against DAESH;
• the nature and capability of DAESH and Syrian Opposition; and
• the integration between Daesh in Iraq and Syria and its affiliates.

Further information

• About Parliament: Select committees
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