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‘Simply not true’ UK is being dragged into Iraq-style conflict, says foreign secretary

globalMarch 2, 2026
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‘Simply not true’ UK is being dragged into Iraq-style conflict, says foreign secretary
Yvette Cooper says plans under consideration to evacuate about 300,000 Britons from Middle East amid Iran war

Yvette Cooper says plans under consideration to evacuate about 300,000 Britons from Middle East amid Iran war

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It is “simply not true” that the UK is being dragged into another Iraq-style conflict in the Middle East, Yvette Cooper has said, after an RAF base in Cyprus was struck by an Iranian drone.

The attack was part of a barrage of strikes by Tehran around the Middle East following a US-Israeli attack on Saturday that killed the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The UK foreign secretary confirmed ministers were considering possible plans to evacuate about 300,000 Britons from the region.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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