Showing posts with label The Telegraph. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Telegraph. Show all posts

Monday, 29 February 2016

Lessons the West must learn from the Gulf War, 25 years on (Con Coughlin, The Telegraph)

An abandoned Iraqi tank sits abandoned in an oilfield in Kuwait. In the background an oil well has been set alight by retreating Iraqi forces

At a time when Western politicians are struggling to devise a coherent strategy to defeat the fanatics of Islamic State (Isil), the 25th anniversary of the First Gulf War - which I covered as a correspondent for the Telegraphtitles - is a timely reminder of what can be achieved when the West forms an effective partnership with its Arab allies.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/12176682/Lessons-the-West-must-learn-from-the-Gulf-War-25-years-on.html

Saudi Arabia is bombing in Yemen to bring peace and stability (Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, The Telegraph)

A Saudi soldier fires a mortar towards Houthi movement position at the Saudi border with Yemen

A United Nations panel looking into the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen ​recently ​concluded that there had been “widespread and systemic” attacks on civilian targets, which violated international humanitarian law. In response, investigations have been called for, lobbying groups are now pressuring the British government to stop buying weapons from the Kingdom, and the European Parliament has called for an arms embargo.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/12176705/Saudi-Arabia-is-bombing-in-Yemen-to-bring-peace-and-stability.html