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<p>To date in 2014, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has undertaken the following military
assistance to units in Iraq: airstrikes, and accompanying surveillance, which have
been critical to supporting the Iraqi security forces, including Kurdish Peshmerga;
donated military equipment (such as rations and sleeping bags); and gifted 40 heavy
machine guns and almost half a million rounds of ammunition. In addition, the UK has
delivered weapons and ammunition from other coalition countries to Northern Iraq.
Finally, UK personnel have been conducting training on the UK-gifted heavy machine
guns near Erbil. Earlier in the year counter-improvised explosive device training
was conducted by a private company, sponsored by three UK Government Departments,
including the MOD.</p><p>No assistance has been given to Syrian Kurdish forces.</p>
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