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Britain ‘ready to support’ Saudi defence, says Starmer
The UK will send four Typhoon jets to Qatar and deploy HMS Dragon for defensive operations
Keir Starmer has come under fire from some opposition voices at home who accuse him of being too slow to respond to the Middle East war. (EPA Images pic)
LONDON: Britain is ready to help defend Saudi Arabia, prime minister Keir Starmer told the kingdom’s de facto leader in a call on Friday as the Middle East war escalates.
The conflict that began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, killing the Islamic republic’s supreme leader, is now in its seventh day, drawing in nations beyond the region and causing havoc in the energy and transport sectors.
Countries around the Gulf have been hit by strikes, with Saudi Arabia – a longstanding rival of Iran – reporting it had intercepted a cruise missile and three drones on Friday.
Starmer spoke to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and assured him “the UK stood ready to support the defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia should it be needed,” the PM’s spokeswoman said.
“The leaders also discussed stepping up intelligence cooperation to support defensive operations and protect civilians,” the spokeswoman said.
Britain is sending four extra Typhoon fighter jets to Qatar to strengthen “defensive operations” and will also deploy HMS Dragon, an air defence destroyer, though it is not expected to sail until next week.
A British air force base in Cyprus came under attack from an Iranian-made drone on Monday – probably launched from Lebanon by the pro-Iranian group Hezbollah, according to the Cypriot government.
Starmer has come under fire from some opposition voices at home who accuse him of being too slow to respond to the Middle East war.
The conflict that began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, killing the Islamic republic’s supreme leader, is now in its seventh day, drawing in nations beyond the region and causing havoc in the energy and transport sectors.
Countries around the Gulf have been hit by strikes, with Saudi Arabia – a longstanding rival of Iran – reporting it had intercepted a cruise missile and three drones on Friday.
Starmer spoke to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and assured him “the UK stood ready to support the defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia should it be needed,” the PM’s spokeswoman said.
“The leaders also discussed stepping up intelligence cooperation to support defensive operations and protect civilians,” the spokeswoman said.
Britain is sending four extra Typhoon fighter jets to Qatar to strengthen “defensive operations” and will also deploy HMS Dragon, an air defence destroyer, though it is not expected to sail until next week.
A British air force base in Cyprus came under attack from an Iranian-made drone on Monday – probably launched from Lebanon by the pro-Iranian group Hezbollah, according to the Cypriot government.
Starmer has come under fire from some opposition voices at home who accuse him of being too slow to respond to the Middle East war.
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Au contraire, I believe Starmer is responding correctly, that is, cautiously and without undue haste. Why should the UK be involved in an Israeli-prompted war?
HMS Dragon is a joke .
ReplyDeleteThe maintenance dock preparing the ship for overseas service only works office hours.....
If the Brits worked like that during WWII , they would have been swallowed by Nazi Germany long ago.
Could it be because it's NOT WWII thus the office hours only?
DeleteWith the hollowing out heavy industries on set, even if the pommies work 24/7, nothing coming out can function as planned.
ReplyDeleteStarmer is still Wanking himself in a backalley somewhere, the coward
ReplyDeleteBREAKING: President Trump says the UK is “finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East.”
“We don’t need them any longer… we don’t need people that join wars after we’ve already won,” Trump says.
https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/2030391106194530654?s=46
47 should withdraw all nuclear missiles situated in the UK.
ReplyDeleteNo, it’s not WW3 yet……relax…..that was what Chamberlain said when Hitler sakau parts of Austria and Sudetenland.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile…..
🚨 JUST IN: In a jaw-dropping escalation, a massive Iranian drone has reportedly struck one of Dubai's most prestigious residential skyscrapers: the 90-story 23 Marina Tower in the heart of Dubai Marina! Dubai Marina is in complete lockdown mode and evacuations underway.
https://x.com/_maga_news_/status/2030357172513878251?s=46
No lah, who is worried, what WW3?
ReplyDeleteSouth Korea announced that it will send around 30 ballistic missile interceptors to the UAE via C-17 right tomorrow. It would appear that they brought ROKAF's reserves. Among the 10 batteries under contract, currently, two M-SAM-II batteries are operating in the UAE. The interceptor delivery will continue until the 9th, and it appears that interceptors included in existing contracts will be delivered earlier than scheduled.
Perhaps it would be better to send the M-SAM-I (Block-I) stock alongside the M-SAM-II.
The photo shows a training scene of the ROK Air Force.
And yeah, Korea built the huge nuclear power plant in the UAE, so let us hope it's safe, too. It produces about 25% of the UAE's total electricity, making it a top priority for protection, along with cities and oil refineries.
https://x.com/mason_8718/status/2030292895262199922?s=46
🚨🇮🇷 Iran’s missile arsenal is getting wiped out; they opened with about 350 ballistic missiles on Day 1, but by Day 5, they were down to roughly 40.
ReplyDeleteDrone launches were the same story: nearly 300 the first day, over 500 the second, then collapsing to around 45 by Day 5.
Cruise missiles barely appeared at all, roughly 25 total across the week before the graph flatlined.
With U.S. and Israeli strikes smashing launchers, drone hubs, and underground storage, Iran is running out of toys while the shelves are being blown up behind them.
https://x.com/marionawfal/status/2030219152749719639?s=46
Mfer, it's Q vs Q, is quality over quantity.
DeleteThe Iranian first few rounds were mothballed stockpiles. They could be used to waste the defending missiles of the attacked sites.
Then, follows by incremental high precision, advanced stuffs, which were never presented in the early attacks.
Wakakaka… know-nothing gullible chilli of fart
🚨ALERT: Chancellor Friedrich Merz blasted "Palestine" protesters and dropped a bombshell: "We stand with Israel!" He declared Germany will always back the Jewish state in its "existential struggle for the right to live in freedom" and stand with Trump against the Iranian regime.
ReplyDeletehttps://x.com/_maga_news_/status/2030235919207575886?s=46
Wounded bleeding hearted germanic fart
DeleteDanke Fritz.
ReplyDeleteHow did Canada, Great Britain and Australia end up with these three spineless, Islamist-simping wimps? Carney, Starmer, Albanese.
ReplyDeleteHint: their party name either has the word Labour or Liberal in it.
Rubio for #48 and #49.His Espanyola is superb. The Americas will be safe under the Rubio Doctrine.
ReplyDeleteVenezuela, Cuba…
We are grateful for our allies and the countries represented here today. All 12 of the leaders here are allies, but they're more than allies. They're friends."
https://x.com/realamvoice/status/2030305717962309647?s=46
🚨 BREAKING: By stroke of pen and flanked by MANY Latin American heads of state, President Trump forms the SHIELD OF AMERICAS coalition, an initiative that will decimate the cartels and narco-terrorists in our hemisphere
ReplyDeleteOnly Trump could pull this off. DEFEND THE AMERICAS! 🇺🇸
https://x.com/ericldaugh/status/2030304241911501105?s=46
Wakakaka… such a wet dream
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