Military
Four failed wars must finally force the UK to adopt an ethical foreign policy
by PHIL MILLER | 25 August 2021
TAGGED: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria
Afghan refugees have asked for sanctuary for a long time — only now do we listen
by PHIL MILLER | 20 August 2021
TAGGED: Afghanistan
Impunity for killings in service of the state: the UK government’s latest scheme
by ANNE CADWALLADER | 26 July 2021
TAGGED: Ireland
Revealed: UK military unit in Colombia ‘assisted’ police force that killed 63 protesters
by MATT KENNARD | 22 July 2021
TAGGED: Colombia
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.
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.
The UK’s new nuclear strategy is illegal and dangerous to the world
by KATE HUDSON | 9 June 2021
TAGGED: Nuclear
Boris Johnson’s government has announced an increase in the UK’s arsenal of nuclear arms and now threatens to use it against non-nuclear-weapon states. These policies are illegal and are likely to increase global tensions.
Aircraft carrier base threatens endangered whales
by PHIL MILLER | 3 June 2021
TAGGED: Oman
British officials did not consider the environmental impact of a new naval base in the Indian Ocean, despite evidence it will have ‘large adverse’ consequences for a species of whale ‘at high risk of extinction’, Declassified has found.
Largest protests since Arab Spring sweep Oman as UK support for regime rises
by PHIL MILLER | 26 May 2021
TAGGED: Oman, Police
As Oman’s UK-trained police confront popular protests against unemployment and corruption in the dictatorial Gulf state, the British military prepares to deploy an aircraft carrier to a new UK naval base in Oman, and the head of the Royal Air Force praises his Omani counterpart.