Part 2: How SAS raid in Syria went wrong
Sgt Tonroe was killed on a joint operation with US forces
LITTLE is known about the role played by SAS soldiers in the fight against Isis deep inside Syria.
Parliament gave approval in 2015 for air strikes against Isis targets in Syria, but crucially voted to ensure “the government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations,” with MPs anxious to avoid a repeat of Iraq and Afghanistan.
So when 33-year-old SAS sniper Matt Tonroe from Manchester suddenly became the British Army’s first fatality in this covert Syrian war, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) press officers had a difficult job to do.
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