Middle East and North Africa

My Lords, when we met here just over a month ago to debate our engagement in another air war in I...

My Lords, ISIL can be termed the blackest cloud to have appeared in the Middle East for years. If...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord King, could not stay for the whole debate and kindly sent me a not...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Risby, for giving us the opportunity to hold this importan...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Risby for calling this debate at what is a timely moment t...

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Risby, for initiating this important debate. At the ...

My Lords, may I first refer to the Register of Lords’ Interests? I have been a director of a numb...

My Lords, I am a Zionist. I am a Zionist because I believe that, after 2,000 years of exile and 2...

My Lords, the last four months have witnessed some of the most distressing and tragic events in a...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Risby, on securing time for this debate, and ...

My Lords, where is the Muslim peace movement campaigning for an end to violence in Muslim countri...

My Lords, my interest in the Middle East also centres on Palestine-Israel. Like others, I have co...

My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cope of Berkeley. Of all 35 spea...

My Lords, I would like to thank the noble Lord, Lord Risby, for securing this debate. It has been...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Risby for instigating this debate. Although it refers to t...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this debate. I refer noble Lords to my interests in th...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Risby for opening this debate and I agree with everything ...

My Lords, previous speeches have illustrated that this is a region of mixed news. There is good n...

My Lords, I, too, very much appreciate the balanced and impressive way in which the noble Lord, L...

My Lords, today I would like to focus particularly on the role of Islam in the conflicts we are s...

My Lords, the misnamed “Arab spring” has not yielded the arrival of democratic government, the ru...

My Lords, I would like to thank my noble friend Lord Risby for bringing the attention of the Hous...

My Lords, my interests are declared in the register, most notably a recent visit to Bahrain, fund...

My Lords, there are serious fissures in the worldwide alliance against ISIS and new hurdles in th...

My Lords, I am very privileged to follow the noble Lord, Lord Weidenfeld, and to welcome him back...

My Lords, they often say that in history if one avoids taking anecdotal experience and making it ...

My Lords, for almost two decades, one piece of received wisdom in particular has hovered over the...

My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Risby, for initiating this most welcome debate....

My Lords, like others, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Risby, for initiating what has been a very in...

My Lords, on behalf of the Opposition in this House, I first thank the noble Lord, Lord Risby, fo...

My Lords, I of course add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Risby on securing the debate...

My Lords, I say in all humility that it was the greatest privilege for me to be able to introduce...