SAS in Syria: the untold murder probe - The Sunday Story

After an operation in 2022 to detain the leader of a terrorist cell goes wrong, the SAS is plunged into crisis raising questions about the future of Britain’s special forces.

Insight, The Sunday Times investigations team, has gathered witness testimony, leaked documents and open source intelligence, meaning the full story can be told for the first time.

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Read and reported by:

Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight, The Sunday TimesVenetia Menzies, Insight investigations correspondent, The Sunday TimesEmanuele Midolo, Insight investigations correspondent, The Sunday Times

Producer: Sophie McNulty

Sound designer: Ivan Eastley

Read more: SAS in crisis: sent to hunt Isis in Syria. Then arrested for murder

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Watch: How the Insight team investigated the special forces scandal

Artwork: Nina Krause

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