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Comment: Saudis are using UK weapons against the people of Yemen

UK-made Typhoons were deployed over recent days

UK and US political and military support is facilitating a bloody war in Yemen – and our relationship with Saudi Arabia is at the heart of it

Selective memory: Ariel Sharon the ‘peacemaker’ remembered by UK leaders

Ariel Sharon has died after suffering heart failure

Britain’s political leaders have focused on Ariel Sharon’s peacemaking reputation over his violent past, after the former Israeli prime minister died last night.

Britain’s Hague brushes off Israel’s ‘mistake’ moan after Iran nuclear deal

Iran's progress towards a nuclear weapon will be halted over the next six months

It would have been a “grave error” for western countries to walk away from the negotiating table with Iran, William Hague has told MPs.

Blair: We’ll pay a terrible price for Syria vote

Britain will have to pay for Syria vote sooner or later, Blair fears

MPs’ refusal to condone military action against the Syrian government will cost Britain, Tony Blair has warned, in an attack which will only strengthen Labour dissent at Ed Miliband.

Comment: Assad’s chemical weapons leave the west no choice but to intervene in Syria

Alex Stevenson: However compelling the emotional case is, it is not enough.

It is not so much the crossing of a red line but the tipping of a balance which has triggered the need for a Syrian intervention. MPs must prepare to send Britain’s military into action once again.

Comment: Why the Middle East just doesn’t trust Britain over Syria

The view from Turkey: Distrust of Britain, dismay over Syria

Amid the rubble of Bashar al-Assad’s war against his people and reports of the use of chemical weapons, British prime minister David Cameron and US president Barack Obama consider military action, along with allies in Germany and France. But the people of the Middle East are wary of western involvement.