Forty years ago, US warplanes bombed Libya, attempting to assassinate its leader Muammar Gaddafi. Failing in that task, they managed to kill dozens of civilians in Tripoli, Libya’s capital. The attacks, which were in response to the bombing of a Berlin ni... See more
The UK has “nothing to fear from the ICC”, then prime minister Tony Blair wrote in a June 2002 letter released to the National Archives.
At a time when the statute of the new International Criminal Court was about to enter into force, some Western officia... See more
The UK government has issued new guidance to businesses outlining “opportunities” to export British arms to the country. The document , issued by the government’s trade department, notes: “There is a demand in Syria for UK defence, cyber and physical secu... See more
The answer is not precisely clear since Reform has said virtually nothing about what its foreign policy would be, instead focusing on immigration and demonising foreigners. The party’s manifesto has a short section on defence but it covers only a few issu... See more
Last month, Keir Starmer’s special representative to Syria, Ann Snow, met defence minister Murhaf Abu Qasra in Damascus. This followed a meeting between Qasra and Britain’s chief military adviser in the Middle East, Vice Admiral Edward Ahlgren, in July.
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