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Blunt on next steps in Syria
After MPs backed UK air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria Crispin Blunt, chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, discussed the next steps in the country.
He said the UK's position on President Bashar al-Assad's role in a transition was softening.
And he said ground troops fighting Islamic State militants would need support from surrounding countries.
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner joined the discussion.
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