Australia's air attacks in the Middle East ended three years ago – or did they? | Paul Daley

Defence is refusing to provide details about the Australians piloting deadly British air force drone strikes in Iraq and Syria

Australian air attacks on enemy ground targets in the Middle East ended three years ago. Or so the Australian military told us.

But undisclosed to either the Australian public or the federal parliament, this country’s air force personnel have been piloting deadly British air force drone strikes on enemy combatants in Iraq and Syria.

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