British military personnel could contribute to a 6,000-strong Italian-led mission to train and support Libyan security forces. As we highlighted earlier this week , a joint UK - Italian force is being prepared to enter Syria . Notionally these troops will take on a peace - keeping and advisory role , but this morning the London office ( paywall ) is saying that these troops will be used against high - value ISIS targets .
As we highlighted earlier this week , a joint UK - Italian force is being prepared to enter Syria . Notionally these troops will take on a peace - keeping and advisory role , but this morning the London office ( paywall ) is saying that these troops will be used against high - value ISIS targets .