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What is the extent of the UK’s involvement in the Middle East war?
UK News•March 2, 2026 at 2:43 PMNational

What is the extent of the UK’s involvement in the Middle East war?

By Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor•The Guardian - UK News

What is likely to happen now that the US has been given permission to use British bases for a ‘specific and limited defensive purpose’ US-Israel war on Iran – live updatesWhat we know so far on day three of the Iran warBritain has rapidly been dragged into the war in the Middle East, with Keir Starmer concluding that involvement was inevitable because of Iranian retaliation, regional alliances – and a repeated US request for help. In doing so, the prime minister has changed his mind and concluded that what was once an illegal war has become in some respects, legal. Continue reading...

What is likely to happen now that the US has been given permission to use British bases for a ‘specific and limited defensive purpose’

Britain has rapidly been dragged into the war in the Middle East, with Keir Starmer concluding that involvement was inevitable because of Iranian retaliation, regional alliances – and a repeated US request for help. In doing so, the prime minister has changed his mind and concluded that what was once an illegal war has become in some respects, legal.

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