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RICHARD WILLIAMS: As an ex-SAS officer I know how many British troops Iran has killed. ...

The Daily Mail 20 Mar 2026
As a former commanding officer of 22 SAS Regiment in Iraq and Afghanistan, I witnessed the sinister Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at work close-hand ....
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British troops came under attack at Iraqi base on Wednesday – defence chiefs

AOL 12 Mar 2026
The Erbil base in northern Iraq houses coalition troops. There have been “no British casualties” and the US sustained “some” ...
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British troops under fire at air base hit by Iranian 'suicide drones'

Daily Record 12 Mar 2026
The incident happened at an air base used by Western forces at Erbil, northern Iraq ... .
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British troops in Iraq shoot down Iranian drones after base attacked

The Independent 12 Mar 2026
Ministers blame ‘Putin’s hidden hand’ in supporting Iran .
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Iranian drone swarm hits base housing British troops

AOL 12 Mar 2026
British troops came under attack from an Iranian drone swarm at a military base in Iraq, defence chiefs have revealed. UK air-defence troops destroyed two drones, ...
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British troops ‘ready for deployment’ in Cyprus as Iran war escalates

The Independent 04 Mar 2026
Starmer hits back at Trump and insists ‘I won’t join Iran war without legal basis’. REUTERS .
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Missiles fired at Cyprus and strikes 'narrowly miss' British troops in Bahrain as Iran 'lashes ...

The Daily Mail 01 Mar 2026
Iran has launched retaliatory action across the Middle East in the wake of the US and Israeli attacks, which have killed Tehran's Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei ....
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Iran fired 2 missiles at Greek Cyprus, hosting British troops

Daily Sabah 01 Mar 2026
At least two missiles had been fired in the direction of the Greek Cypriot part of Cyprus Island, which hosts thousands of U.K. military personnel, the British defense secretary co ....
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British troops shoot down Iranian drone as missiles land yards from UK forces

London Evening Standard 01 Mar 2026
Hundreds of British service personnel faced near misses in Bahrain and Iraq as Tehran unleashed 25 waves of strikes across the Middle East ... .
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UK defence chief says Iranian missiles came close to British troops and bases

The Daily Tribune - Bahrain 01 Mar 2026
Healey said Iranian strikes landed within “a few hundred yards” of British troops in Bahrain ... He said a British counter-drone unit in Iraq also intercepted an Iranian drone heading towards a coalition base housing UK personnel.
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Russia says sending British troops to Ukraine would prolong war, not end it

Philenews 27 Feb 2026
Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that any deployment of British troops in Ukraine would prolong the war, not end it.
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