air strikes

October 8, 2015

Report says UK must investigate Saudi Arabia's use of weapons in Yemen

A new report from Amnesty International has called for suspension of the transfer of arms used in attacks on Yemen and an investigation into Saudi Arabian violations.
July 17, 2015

CND condemns UK air strikes in Syria

CND have condemned UK air strikes in Syria carried out despite the House of Commons voting in August 2013 against such action.
July 17, 2015

UK pilots conduct strikes in Syria without Commons debate

British personnel have conducted air strikes in Syria, despite the Government’s claim that there would be a vote in Parliament before such action took place.
March 29, 2015

Government must ensure UK arms are not used against Yemen, says CAAT

Campaign Against Arms Trade has called on the government to ensure that weapons supplied by UK companies are not used in Saudi led air-strikes on Yemen.
March 28, 2015

Six children among 25 killed in Saudi Arabian-led airstrikes on Yemen

At least six children under the age of ten were among 25 people reported killed in Saudi Arabian-led airstrikes in the Yemeni capital Sana’a on 26 March 2015, says Amnesty.
September 28, 2014

Huge numbers of IS recruits galvanised by Western air strikes

IS has recruited more than 6,000 new fighters since the US began targeting the violently militant group with air strikes in August 2014.
September 25, 2014

Bombing Iraq: falling into Isis trap?

The UK government is seeking parliament’s approval to join the USA in carrying out air strikes on Iraq. The aim is to weaken Isis forces, responsible for various atrocities. But the attack may strengthen them instead.
July 18, 2014

WCC expresses sorrow at Malaysia Airlines disaster over Ukraine

The World Council of Churches has expressed deep sorrow to all mourning the deaths of nearly 300 passengers and crew on board Malaysia Airlines flight 17.
August 29, 2013

Negotiating limits of war in Syria through global media

War rhetoric in the media this week seemed to imply the impending end of Syria’s Assad regime and the spread of Syria’s civil war into a larger regional conflict, while key players carefully chose their words to try to emphasise the limits of conflict, and responses to any breach, writes Arthur Bernhoff, an international affairs analyst currently based in Beirut.
January 29, 2012

Iran’s threat to close the Hormuz Strait is a sign of desperation

Iran, Israel and the US are equally responsible for bringing the Middle East to the brink of war, a decade after the disastrous assault on Iraq’s presumed 'weapons of mass destruction', says Ghassan Michel Rubeiz. Does Iran have a latent objective in raising the Strait closure now? Should Israel, or the US, launch an air strike on Iran preemptively, Iran may want the world to think about the consequences of such a closure on the world economy.