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The UK's relationship with Saudi Arabia is one of the most under-analysed by the mainstream media, depriving the public of key knowledge about the UK's role in the world.

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We've revealed the UK military has a team of high-ranking soldiers embedded in the Saudi armed forces who are believed to be taking their orders from Saudi commanders.

This involves training the Saudis in “internal security”, paid for by the Saudi regime. rb.gy/mq4w2y Image
The UK has a secretive £2bn program it manages for the Saudi Arabian National Guard, which protects the ruling family and has been active in the war in Yemen. Sangcom employs ten times more people than the British government publicly admits. rb.gy/st1vxz Image
Details of these UK support programmes for the Saudis have been largely kept out of the mainstream media, along with known details about the UK's role in the Yemen war. See our media analysis here. rb.gy/ehiktw ImageImage
The UK government is so keen to protect its support for the Saudis from public scrutiny that sensitive discussions by ministers about Saudi in 1996, which likely involved controversial arms deals, were censored from a series of newly declassified files. rb.gy/tqs4hn Image

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