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Prince Andrew helped deepen UK relations with Gulf regimes for eight years after Epstein scandal

25 February 2021

Tagged BahrainOmanSaudi ArabiaUAE

Charles of Arabia: How Britain’s next king bolsters autocratic Gulf regimes

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24 February 2021

Tagged BahrainJordanKuwaitMoroccoQatarSaudi Arabia

British royals met tyrannical Middle East monarchies over 200 times since Arab Spring

23 February 2021

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As repression in Egypt increases, so does UK cooperation with its regime

19 January 2021

Tagged Egypt

John Major praised Gulf ruler’s power grab, newly declassified files show

15 January 2021

Tagged BPOman

‘A lot of people share my opinion within the military’, says soldier who protested against UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia

18 December 2020

Tagged Saudi ArabiaYemen
David Cameron walks with Libyan rebels upon his arrival at Benghazi Airport on 15 September 2011 (Photo: Stefan Rousseau / AFP via Getty)

Did the UK’s secret Libya policy contribute to the Manchester terror attack?

16 December 2020

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Britain sent Saudi Arabia thousands of spare parts for warplanes amid arms embargo

3 December 2020

Tagged BAE SystemsCyprusSaudi ArabiaYemen

British spy agency refuses to acknowledge its bases in Gulf dictatorship

30 November 2020

Tagged GCHQOman

Saudi pilot killed in Yemen was trained by Britain, minister admits

19 November 2020

Tagged Saudi ArabiaYemen

Ties that bind: Britain buys £46m of Israeli military equipment and stations troops in Israel

8 October 2020

Tagged Israel

More than two dozen Saudi Typhoon pilots trained in Britain

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7 October 2020

Tagged Saudi ArabiaYemen

British training of Saudi pilots continues amid bombing of Yemen

23 September 2020

Tagged Saudi ArabiaYemen

How a British policeman helped normalise torture in a Gulf monarchy

14 September 2020

Tagged BahrainKenyaPolice

Revealed: Censored videos show Saudi pilots bombing Britain

10 September 2020

Tagged Saudi ArabiaYemen

Military police probe British soldier over Yemen war protest

25 August 2020

Tagged Saudi ArabiaYemen

Revealed: MI5 and MI6 are training senior spies from Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt

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27 July 2020

Tagged EgyptMI5MI6Saudi ArabiaUAE

For Sama’a: As Britain resumed arms sales to Saudi Arabia, a deadly airstrike in Yemen

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20 July 2020

Tagged Saudi ArabiaYemen

Revealed: How the British military supplies ‘mercenary’ forces to a Gulf dictatorship

20 July 2020

Tagged Oman
UK trade secretary Liz Truss has decided to resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia. (Photo: Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street)

Children killed in Yemen by Saudi-led airstrikes days before and after UK arms sales resume

15 July 2020

Tagged Saudi ArabiaYemen

‘Paralysing a nation’: Evidence emerges of Royal Navy’s complicity in Saudi-led sea blockade of Yemen

7 July 2020

Tagged BahrainSaudi ArabiaUAEYemen

Hundreds of Saudi and Gulf military personnel trained in Britain as Yemen war continues

3 July 2020

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Exclusive: British army sent unqualified investigators to Iraq where troops ‘got away with murder’, veterans say

23 June 2020

Tagged Iraq

Government breaks inspection rules at Scottish missile factory supplying Saudi air war

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18 June 2020

Tagged BAE SystemsRaytheonSaudi ArabiaScotlandYemen