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 ...

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

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

A CORONER sparked fury by ruling SAS soldiers were unjustified in killing four armed IRA terrorists. Ex-SAS Regimental Sergeant Major George Simm said the British Army “should down tools” in ...

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 Attorney General is under fresh pressure after he was accused of a conflict of interest over a “war crimes” inquiry into the SAS. Lord Hermer has already refused to reveal whether he ...

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 ...

but German officer General Heidrich invited him for a dinner to discuss the brilliance work of the SAS. Heidrich was a veteran of the First World War and having been a parachutist himself ...

Paddy Mayne was an unconventional soldier – a founder member of the SAS. He is one of the central characters in the BBC’s hit war drama, SAS: Rogue Heroes But there is much controversy over ...

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 ...