Israel vs Iran: Britain moves military assets to middle east

British government has moved some of its military assets to the middle east.

This development was disclosed by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Keir Starmer.

He said Britain is moving additional military assets, including fighter jets, to the Middle East to provide support across the region, Starmer told reporters as he was en route to a Group of Seven meeting in Canada.

“We are moving assets to the region, including jets, and that is for contingency support in the region,” Starmer said.

Britain already has fighter jets in the Middle East as part of an operation in Iraq and Syria.

Though, Starmer refused to rule out defending Israel from Iranian strikes despite Tehran’s threat that such an action could see British bases in the region also targeted.

However, Starmer reiterated his call for de-escalation, saying he had held a series of calls with other world leaders in the hours after Israel’s attack on Iran, including the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Donald Trump.

“I will always make the right decisions for the UK,” he said, when asked about his reaction to Iran’s threats against the bases of any western nations that came to Israel’s aid.

“We are moving assets to the region, including jets, and that is for contingency support in the region.”

Downing Street said it would involve additional fast jets joining those already in the region, and more refuelling aircraft to “provide contingency support throughout the Middle East, should escalation continue”.

Preparation began on Friday morning, following Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear programme and its top military leadership, UK Guardian reported.

When asked whether the UK could be involved in helping Israel deflect retaliatory drone and missile strikes from Iran – which Tehran has said would make UK bases in the Middle East a target – the prime minister declined to say.

“These are obviously operational decisions and the situation is ongoing and developing and therefore I’m not going to get into the precise details,” he said.

“But we are moving assets, we’ve already been moving assets to the region, including jets, and that is for contingency support across the region. So that is happening”.

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