Nicholas Winning

Friday, May 27, 2016 - 06:09
The U.K. plans to deploy a navy warship to the Mediterranean to counter arms smuggling in Libya and a team to assist in training the country’s coast guard, Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday, in the latest sign of a step toward military involvement in the country.
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 06:52
Britain plans to participate in a U.S.-led effort to train Syrian opposition troops, according to people familiar with the matter, but it will stop short of joining its closest ally in conducting airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 06:58
U.K. companies exported hundreds of tons of chemicals to Syria between 1983 and 1986 that were probably used by the country to produce nerve agents, including sarin, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday.