The British Army has deployed 1,600 troops and hundreds of military vehicles to the Syria-neighboring country of Jordan to take part in war games designed to prove U.K. forces are capable of sending as many as 30,000 troops into combat in the event of a major conflict. The deployment of the soldiers is one of the biggest by the British army since it ended combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2011 and 2015, respectively, and comes as the Islamic State group continues to operate inside Syria and Iraq.
