MP Slams UK’s ‘Haphazard’ Middle East Policy

Published on January 25, 2024

A Conservative MP has labelled Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East as “haphazard” and called for the UK to show “unswerving” support to Israel and Saudi Arabia after the Defence Secretary said global trade was “at risk” from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski told The Epoch Times, “Britain’s approach to the Middle East has long been haphazard and piecemeal, and we need to formulate and enact a long-term strategy that demonstrates our total, unswerving support for both Israel and Saudi Arabia, as both nations, in their own different ways, attempt to control and mitigate the growing, malign influence of Iran across the Middle East.”...