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URGENT: UK to build bases in the Gulf to fight ISIS

 URGENT: UK to build bases in the Gulf to fight ISIS
A British army soldier from the 21st Air Artillery Defense Battery prepares to raise the British flag during a transfer of authority ceremony in Hilmand Province, Afghanistan, May 1 2006. U.S. Army Soldiers are transferring Lashkar Gah Provincial Reconstruction Team to the British army soldiers.  (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Leslie Angulo) (Released)
A British army soldier from the 21st Air Artillery Defense Battery prepares to raise the British flag during a transfer of authority ceremony in Hilmand Province, Afghanistan, May 1 2006. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Leslie Angulo)

(IraqiNews.com) The British government plans to adopt a plan to build three new military bases in the Middle East to fight the organization of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, as a part of a strategy to counter the threat of extremism in the region according to a report by the UK Telegraph newspaper.

On Wednesday, the Telegraph reported “The plan includes the establishment of new military bases in the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain in the framework of the participation of these countries in international efforts to confront the terrorist threat which afflicts the Arab region.”

The newspaper quoted the spokesman for the British Ministry of Defense that the British army maintained its presence in the Middle East since the eighties, and that the armed forces exercise their training on a regular basis with the forces of the Gulf States Cooperation Council members.

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