More than 200 troops were due to arrive in the Gulf this weekend to spearhead ... Meanwhile, the role of the SAS in preparations for a new war against Saddam emerged last night.

The public inquiry into alleged SAS war crimes in Afghanistan was launched after a BBC Panorama investigation. Johnny Mercer, the former veterans minister, has previously told the inquiry he ...

Adapted by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) from a book by Ben MacIntyre, it claimed to tell the origin story of the formation of the SAS during the Second World War – a maverick, and highly under ...