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The good fight

Islamic State must be defeated by supporting its enemies in the Middle East

27 September 2014

9:00 AM

27 September 2014

9:00 AM

It is a mark of the uncertainty of our policy in the Middle East that just over a year ago Parliament was recalled to debate whether to launch military strikes in aid of rebels in Syria. This year, it has been recalled to discuss whether the RAF should join the strikes against the rebels in Syria — or, at least, the section of them that now call themselves ‘the Islamic State’.

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