Apr. 15 2024
Source Page: PM statement to the House of Commons on Iran’s attack on Israel: 15 April 2024Found: PM statement to the House of Commons on Iran’s attack on Israel: 15 April 2024
Nov. 29 2023
Source Page: Communication relating to Aqsa Mahmood: FOI releaseFound: who travelled to join Daesh in Syria.
Mentions:
1: Lord True (Con - Life peer) Daesh in Iraq and Syria. - Speech Link
2: Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) I join the condolences that have been expressed to the family and friends of Lord Hoyle and Lord Rosser - Speech Link
3: Lord Polak (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I refer the House to my registered interest as president of Conservative Friends of Israel. - Speech Link
4: Lord True (Con - Life peer) My Lords, it was not actually an attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria. - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2024
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Think-Tank for Action on Social Change, and Heritage Foundation
Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2024
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: Middle East Program, CSIS, RUSI, Jonathan Wilks, and The University of Exeter Oral Evidence
Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) Vessels owned by Chinese and Bulgarian companies and crews from India, Sri Lanka and Syria have been - Speech Link
2: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) It is worth noting that when the US carried out actions in Iraq and Syria, its planes flew all the way - Speech Link
3: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) We will work closely with our European friends and allies to ensure that that interacts properly with - Speech Link
4: Michael Fabricant (Con - Lichfield) What percentage does he think comes from Iran, through Syria, or through other agents? - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) I will touch briefly on Syria. - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Iran and the Houthis are no friends of the Palestinian people. - Speech Link
3: James Gray (Con - North Wiltshire) Friends, most of whom are much better informed on these matters than me. - Speech Link
4: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) Those friends of Israel who give Netanyahu and the Israeli right an easy ride on this are no friends - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jack Lopresti (Con - Filton and Bradley Stoke) Kurdistanis say that they have “no friends but the mountains”. - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) We are here as friends of Kurdistan, but candid friends of Kurdistan. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) religious minorities displaced from Iraq and Syria by conflicts with ISIS. - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Iran-aligned militia groups have targeted coalition forces across Iraq and Syria more than 160 times - Speech Link
5: Jack Lopresti (Con - Filton and Bradley Stoke) have been candid friends and we are hugely supportive of and loyal to our Kurdish friends. - Speech Link
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: MENA0008 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa Queen Mary University of London,
Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) Gentleman also asked about British forces in the wider region who may be in, for example, Syria or Iraq - Speech Link
2: Ben Bradshaw (Lab - Exeter) on the middle east will not in any way reduce what we are able to commit to in support of our friends - Speech Link
3: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) We are ensuring that we continue to provide daily support to our Ukrainian friends, and I have a very - Speech Link
4: Mark Pritchard (Con - The Wrekin) aircraft, but it is unarmed in a region that has Iranian proxies with quite good capabilities, as well as Syria - Speech Link
5: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) happen from Syria, from Iranian-backed terrorists in Iraq and, of course, from the Houthis. - Speech Link