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=== {{anchor|Low intensity operations}}Low-intensity operations === {| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:100%;" |- ! style="text-align:center; width:10%;" |Location ! style="text-align:center; width:5%;" |Date ! style="text-align:center; width:85%;" |Details |- ! [[Iraq]] | Since 2014 | [[Operation Shader]]: The UK has a leading role in the 67-member Global Coalition committed to defeating ISIL. The coalition includes Iraq, European nations and the US. British soldiers are not in a combat role in Iraq but are on the ground with coalition partners providing training and equipment to Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Kurdish Security Forces (KSF). There were approximately 400 military personnel in Iraq in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2020/03/12/key-questions-over-britains-military-presence-in-iraq/|title=Key questions over Britain's military presence in Iraq|date=12 March 2020|publisher=Express and Star|access-date=21 November 2020|archive-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625025751/https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2020/03/12/key-questions-over-britains-military-presence-in-iraq/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! [[Cyprus]] | Since 1964 | [[United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus|Operation Tosca]]: There were 275 troops deployed as part of the UNFICYP in 2016.<ref name="org">{{cite web|title=The UK and UN Peace Operations: A Case for Greater Engagement: Table 1|date=26 May 2016 |url=http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/briefing_papers_and_reports/uk_and_un_peace_operations_case_greater_engagement|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308142500/http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/briefing_papers_and_reports/uk_and_un_peace_operations_case_greater_engagement|archive-date=8 March 2017|access-date=7 March 2017|publisher=Oxford Research Group}}</ref> |- ! [[Estonia]] | Since 2017 |[[NATO Enhanced Forward Presence]]: The British Army deploys approximately 900 troops to Estonia and 150 to Poland as part of its commitment to NATO.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Baltics|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/deployments/baltics/|access-date=21 November 2020|website=www.army.mod.uk}}</ref> |- ![[Africa]] |Since 2019 |The British Army maintains several short-term military training teams to help build the capacity of national military forces, ensuring a number of states across Africa can respond appropriately and proportionally to the security threats they face, including terrorism, the illegal wildlife trade, violations of human rights and emerging humanitarian crises.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Africa|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/deployments/africa/|access-date=21 November 2020|website=www.army.mod.uk}}</ref> |}
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