On May 10th 2018, the British government “condemned” recent Iranian
rocket attacks against Israeli positions in the Golan Heights, adding
that Israel “has the right to defend itself”. It did not condemn recent
Israeli attacks on Iranian positions which apparently killed Iranian
personnel, but choose to issue the condemnation once Iran retaliated.
Britain has not been an impartial, at-a-distance observer of the
conflagration in Syria. Indeed if the recollections of Roland Dumas are
anything to go by, it was at the heart of an international conspiracy of
nations aimed at overthrowing the government of Bashar al-Assad.
And given Britain’s recent participation in the military action taken
in concert with the United States and France over a highly disputed
allegation of Syrian government responsibility for a chemical attack on
the Syrian city of Douma, questions abound as to what interests Britain
has in relation to Syria. The following are ten questions which any
informed and conscientious British Member of Parliament should take the
opportunity to ask either the Prime Minister or Foreign Secretary in a
formal letter or during relevant Parliamentary proceedings such as
ministerial question time.
