UK says Iran nearly hit British troops in Bahrain, won't rule out participation in strikes
UK says Iran nearly hit British troops in Bahrain, won't rule out participation in strikes
UK says Iran nearly hit British troops, won't rule out participation in strikes
Defence secretary says Iran is 'increasingly indiscriminate, widespread and uncontrolled in the attacks it is mounting'
"Yesterday, we had 300 personnel on that Bahrain base that was attacked by Iranian missiles and drones, some of them within a few hundred yards of where they landed," he said.
Hundreds of British troops were just 200m away from an Iranian missile attack in Bahrain, it has emerged.
RAF Typhoons are understood to be participating in regional defence operations against Iranian strikes.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday that British forces aimed "to protect our people, our interests, and our allies - as Britain has done before, in line with international law".