Defence in the media: 23 May 2015

...against the jihadists. ISIL militants have also claimed responsibility for a fatal bomb blast which ripped through a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing at least 21 people. The UK...
...against the jihadists. ISIL militants have also claimed responsibility for a fatal bomb blast which ripped through a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing at least 21 people. The UK...
...Saudi Arabia and Qatar in an effort to build a local force capable of fighting ISIL. A Whitehall source is quoted in the piece, which explains that whilst there is...
...airstrike hitting a funeral hall in the Yemeni capital Sana’a yesterday. The scenes from the site are shocking. I am raising my concerns with the Saudi Ambassador to London today...
...agreed nuclear deal is implemented successfully. Yemen The Independent writes that the UK is helping to arm Saudi planes attacking rebel targets in Yemen as an Oxfam report says that...
...SAUDI TRAINING The Guardian runs a short article which claims senior military officers are providing training to Saudi forces despite airstrikes on Yemen provoking outcry over civilian casualties. The piece...
...Code £21m of Service Pupil Premium payments made to support the pastoral needs of over 60,000 Service pupils in state schools. 24,500 children from Service families have benefitted from 154...
...profane or insulting language directed at recruits, and this was reiterated as part of the Army Leadership Code launch in September 2015. The Army’s statement on this issue is below:...
...Defence spokesperson said: The MOD is committed to upholding both the Civil Service Code and Queen’s regulations on acceptance of gifts and hospitality. All instances of hospitality, whether accepted or...
...the Code for Crown Prosecutors, decides not to prosecute, the case is referred to the MOD. The Court has ordered that where the evidence suggests that UK Forces may have...
...of these partner agencies the Environment Agency would normally be the main focus for questions from the group. I served on Operation SHAKU, the code name that the MOD...