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Moran opposed the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leading light? (Interview with Laya Moran)|url=https://highprofiles.info/interview/layla-moran/|website=High Profiles|author= Barrow, Simon |date = 20 August 2020|access-date = 5 July 2022|language=en-GB}}</ref> She opposed cuts to foreign aid to [[Yemen]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 July 2021|title=UK cuts direct aid to Afghanistan by 78% at same time as withdrawing military support|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/uk-cuts-direct-aid-to-afghanistan-by-78-at-same-time-as-withdrawing-military-support-amid-taliban-advance-1117084|access-date=23 October 2021|website=inews.co.uk|language=en}}</ref> She is also critical of [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 July 2020|title=UK government 'phoned Saudi Arabia to apologise' for human rights sanctions|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-saudi-arabia-human-rights-ben-wallace-yemen-war-crimes-a9611221.html|access-date=23 October 2021|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref>

Moran believes that the United Kingdom should [[International recognition of the State of Palestine|announce recognition]] of the [[State of Palestine]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=UK should recognise state of Palestine, argues Layla Moran MP|url=https://muslimnews.co.uk/news/uk/uk-recognise-state-palestine-argues-layla-moran-mp/|access-date=19 May 2021|website=The Muslim News}}</ref> She called out the names of the children killed in the [[2021 Israel–Palestine crisis]] in Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Harpin|first=Lee|title=MP of Palestinian descent reads out names of Gaza children killed this week|url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/mp-of-palestinian-descent-reads-out-names-of-gaza-children-killed-this-week/|access-date=19 May 2021|website=jewishnews.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Following the 2023 attacks on Israel by Hamas, Moran appeared and spoke at vigils for Israeli victims in Oxford and denounced Hamas as a terrorist organisation.

Moran supported an inquiry into the disappearances of [[Muhammad bin Nayef|Mohammed Bin Nayef]] and [[Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Prince Ahmed Bin Abdulaziz]] of [[Saudi Arabia]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dudley|first=Dominic|title=British MPs Launch Enquiry Into Missing Saudi Princes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2020/10/07/british-mps-launch-enquiry-into-missing-saudi-princes/|access-date=23 October 2021|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> She is also critical of the [[arms-trade]] between [[Saudi Arabia–United Kingdom relations|Britain and Saudi Arabia]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=27 November 2020|title=British troops secretly deployed to defend Saudi Arabian oil fields|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-troops-saudi-arabia-arms-oil-fields-mod-parliament-secret-b1762474.html|access-date=23 October 2021|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> and is a critic of Russia.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2 February 2021|title=Premier League: MPs urge action on Russia-linked football clubs|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-55911699|access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref> In February 2022, she used the cover of [[Parliamentary privilege]] to name the [[Navalny 35]], Russian oligarchs who, as allies of Vladimir Putin, should have sanctions imposed on them.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Whittaker |first1=Rebecca |title=MP Layla Moran says the Government should do "better" and sanction Putin's cronies |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19950730.mp-layla-moran-says-government-better-impose-sanctions/ |access-date=26 February 2022 |work=[[Oxford Mail]] |date=24 February 2022}}</ref>