The Third Crusade

... main benefit is that they provide additional legitimacy for strikes on Syria, which are not delivered single-handedly by the United States, but rather by a “broad antiterrorist coalition”, and that they make ground bases available. globalaviationreport.com British Air Force Tornado GR.4 leaves Cyprus air facility The second group includes the United States’ main allies in the world : Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, Denmark, France and the Netherlands (with a bit of a stretch, we can also include Morocco in that group). These countries sent their contingents to bases in the Gulf countries, i.e. the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Kuwait [5] . Most contingents ...