Middle East
Israeli hacking firm invited to London amid human rights outcry
by PHIL MILLER | 30 September 2021
TAGGED: Israel
Shame, confusion, betrayal: UK veterans on the war in Afghanistan
by JOE GLENTON | 29 September 2021
TAGGED: Afghanistan
Prince Andrew’s Saudi trip made Foreign Office “extremely grateful”
by PHIL MILLER | 27 September 2021
TAGGED: Oman, Saudi Arabia
Britain is ensuring the death of a Palestinian state
by ILAN PAPPÉ | 23 September 2021
TAGGED: Israel, Palestine
Revealed: The UK has spent £350-million promoting regime change in Syria
by MARK CURTIS | 20 July 2021
TAGGED: Aid, Syria, Terrorism
A controversial Whitehall body — the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund — has used large amounts of money from the British aid budget to support the opposition in Syria. Declassified outlines the extent of this funding for the first time.
Revealed: UK troops ‘secretly operating in Yemen’
by NASEH SHAKER | 6 July 2021
TAGGED: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Britain has a secret detachment of up to 30 troops in Yemen, where they are training Saudi forces amid the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe, Declassified has discovered.
Foreign minister James Cleverly accused of breaking ministerial Code over arms to Israel
by MARK CURTIS | 30 June 2021
TAGGED: Israel
Britain’s Middle East minister James Cleverly is regularly refusing to provide answers to written questions posed to him by members of parliament, especially on UK arms exports to Israel, contravening House of Commons rules.
Revealed: The secret Whitehall committee that holds ‘no records’
by PHIL MILLER | 24 June 2021
TAGGED: Bahrain, Oman, Raytheon, Yemen
Declassified has discovered a secret UK government committee that held meetings with an arms dealer, former oil executive and ex-spy — but parliament is told there are ‘no records’ of what was discussed.
UK military deepens ties with regime accused of funding terror groups
by MARK CURTIS | 23 June 2021
TAGGED: Qatar, Terrorism
Britain’s Royal Air Force is about to establish a second fighter squadron with Qatar, an authoritarian Gulf state accused of supporting extremist groups across the Middle East which the UK itself opposes and says promote terrorism.