The situation in Iraq and Syria

Inquiry by the Defence Committee, 14 October 2014 to 20 August 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 7th Report - The situation in Iraq and Syria and the response to al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq al-Sham (DAESH) (5 February 2015)
• 12th Special Report - The situation in Iraq and Syria and the response to al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq al-Sham (DAESH): Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2014-15 (25 March 2015)

Evidence sessions

• 14 October 2014: Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Shillman-Ginsburg Fellow at the Middle East Forum, Professor Toby Dodge, Director of the Middle East Centre, London School of Economics, Joost Hiltermann, Chief Operating Officer, International Crisis Group, and Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Richard Williams
• 21 October 2014: Dr Douglas Porch, US Naval Postgraduate School, General (retired) Richard Shirreff, US Naval Postgraduate School and Major General (retired) Jonathan Shaw
• 28 October 2014: Emma Sky, Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute, Yale University
• 29 October 2014: Professor Marc Weller, Cambridge University, Professor Sir Adam Roberts, Oxford University, Dr Adrian Gallagher, Leeds University, and Aaron Stein, RUSI
• 3 December 2014: Lt General Sir Simon Mayall, Defence Senior Adviser to the Middle East, Lt General Gordon Messenger RM, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff Military Strategy and Operations, and Peter Watkins, Director General Security Policy