More than 200 troops were due to arrive in the Gulf this weekend to spearhead ... Meanwhile, the role of the SAS in preparations for a new war against Saddam emerged last night.

Two of them served behind Iraqi lines destroying Scud missiles during the Gulf War. The SAS was chosen for the operation because of its frontline rescues in the past decade. They snatched war ...

It has been almost a quarter century since the 1991 Gulf War which began with Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. The war began with Operation Desert Storm on January 17 ...

The impassioned session in the Commons also saw one Tory MP wonder whether similar concern would have been voiced about the ...

But tensions between the two now seem to have spilled over into almost open warfare amid reports SBS officers accused their SAS counterparts of having committed war crimes in Afghanistan more than ...

The Special Air Service was formed by David Stirling in 1941. Its purpose was to act as a desert raiding airborne force unit ...

The exploits of Scottish soldier Lieutenant-Colonel David Stirling during World War Two feature in BBC drama SAS Rogue Heroes. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...

President Donald Trump’s promise—and subsequent executive order—to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America displayed a showman’s flair for branding. Today Trump could take that ...

Michael Broussard's naval career spanned six years, taking him across multiple deployments while also serving on "the world's most famous battleship".

But a tug of war over referring to the immense body of water off the coast of the U.S. and Mexico, as well as Cuba, started after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dub the Gulf ...

Major stock markets in the Gulf fell in early trade on Monday in line ... Mexico and China triggered fears of a broader trade war and a hit to global growth. In the GCC, Saudi Arabia's benchmark ...