Listen "Operation Shader to end, so what next?"
Episode Synopsis
Almost exactly 10 years since Operation Shader began RAF strikes against the Islamic State terror group ministers say it will be drawn down in favour of a new security partnership.But what form should that take, and is this the right time given everything else happening in the Middle East? Sitrep gets the thoughts of former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon.We also assess Iran’s weapons and military capability, along with what it tells us about the risk of a wider regional war in the Middle EastAnd Sitrep hears from Albania where British troops have been the first to use a new 650 mile NATO route across the Balkans, to deploy themselves for months of peacekeeping in Kosovo.
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