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  • Royal Welsh soldiers visit mosque ahead of Helmand deployment

    Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh recently visited a mosque in Bolton as part of preparations for their deployment to Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary warns Assad regime against assault on Homs

    Foreign Secretary William Hague comments on hearing the reports that the Assad regime may be preparing a land assault on Homs.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • US-DPRK Agreement on Nuclear Moratorium/IAEA Inspections

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has welcomed commitment by the DPRK to halt nuclear tests and uranium enrichment and to accept IAEA inspectors to verify this undertaking.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Secretary observes Olympic air security exercise

    Codenamed Taurus Mountain 2, the exercise tested the ability of the Armed Forces to respond to an airborne threat. It involved RAF Typhoon aircraft…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Apaches return to HMS Illustrious

    The potency of the Apache was demonstrated last year courtesy of a succession of ‘surgical strikes’ against pro-government targets in Libya,…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Secretary responds to criticism over Navy tankers order

    A letter from Defence Secretary Philip Hammond responding to calls that the MOD contracts for new Royal Fleet Auxiliary tankers should have been awarded to UK firms has been published in the Daily Mail today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes General Affairs Council agreement on Serbia's EU candidate status

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has welcomed yesterday's recommendation by the EU General Affairs Council to grant Serbia EU Candidate Status, and to further enhance cooperation with Kosovo.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary confirms British journalist's arrival in Lebanon

    Foreign Secretary William Hague confirmed British journalist Paul Conroy is safely in Lebanon when he updated the House of Commons on 28 February.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Afghan and British forces seize Taliban anti-tank weapon

    Soldiers from the Queen’s Dragoon Guards, known as the Welsh Cavalry, joined forces with their Afghan counterparts to mount the operation to…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Grenadier Guards train for Helmand

    The soldiers, who are deploying with 12 Mechanized Brigade on Operation HERRICK 16, will be based in the Gereshk area of Helmand province where…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Sailors fight fire at Antarctic base

    Two dozen crew from research and survey vessel HMS Protector helped fight the blaze which had engulfed the Ferraz research station on King George…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Ministers visit central Asian countries

    Defence Secretary Philip Hammond is holding talks with the governments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this week to secure supply lines for getting equipment home from Afghanistan when combat operations finish there.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Chairman's Conclusions of Friends of Syria meeting

    Full text of the Chairman's Conclusions of the International Conference of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People on 24 February.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister discusses Syria at UN Human Rights Council

    Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne called for an end to the violence in Syria and said that those responsible for the atrocities will be held to account for the crimes they have committed.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Body armour saves British soldier from Taliban bullet

    A British soldier's body armour saved him from a Taliban gunshot during a fierce fire fight in Helmand province recently, enabling him to shrug off the impact and carry on with the mission.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Elite Afghan police uncover Taliban weapons and drugs

    The first operation was carried out without any support from the International Security Assistance Force. It involved the search of a compound…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Leeming's Air Traffic Control Squadron named best in RAF

    The North Yorkshire unit was presented with the prestigious Raytheon Falconer Trophy earlier this month. Presented each year since 1982, the…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Illustrious works with Danish military in Copenhagen

    Portsmouth-based warship HMS Illustrious has been working with colleagues in the Danish Armed Forces during a four-day visit to Copenhagen

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Somerset welcomed home from counter-piracy mission

    More than 600 joyous family members and friends greeted their loved ones on the jetty at HM Naval Base Devonport in Plymouth on Friday when HMS Somerset returned from a six-month counter-piracy mission.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes intensification of EU pressure on Syrian regime

    Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke after EU Foreign Ministers agreed further sanctions including freezing the assets of the Central Bank of Syria and the restricting the regime's access to the gold and precious metals…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government