Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Ukraine: what happens next in a world without framework?
The question is no longer what Tony Blair did, or what President Obama should do, but what are we all going to do?
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The question is no longer what Tony Blair did, or what President Obama should do, but what are we all going to do?
Sunni rebels in Iraq claim they have fully captured the country’s main oil refinery at Baiji, north of Baghdad.
Sheikh Mustafa Jboori has seen enough strife in Iraq, but thinks the current crisis is worse than 2006 – and Saddam Hussein.
US Secretary of State John Kerry says the US will not delay in helping Iraq defeat the Isis insurgency.
Sunni militants seize an Iraqi crossing on the border with Syria after a day-long battle in which they killed some 30 Iraqi troops, security officials claim.
Barack Obama says he will send up to 300 military advisers, but not soldiers, to Iraq and will consider targeted military action in future – but calls on Iraq’s leaders to “reach out” to all Iraqis.
Islamic extremists release a recruitment video which features British fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham calling for UK Muslims to join the “ranks of the mujaheddin” in Iraq.
Iraqi forces are gathering north of Baghdad, aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists whose drive toward the capital has prompted the United States to send military advisers to the country.
The dramatic advance by Isis in Iraq has sparked a blame game in Washington – but it’s what Barack Obama does next is what really matters.
With fighting still ongoing, Iraqi militants have reportedly taken control of most of the Baiji oil refinery in northern Iraq.
The coalition position on Iraq as outlined by Nick Clegg at his press conference this morning might strike you as less than heroic.
The scale of the crisis in Iraq has led many to wonder what was once unpalatable: would the country be more stable if Saddam Hussein had remained in power?
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The US is considering drone strikes to help the Iraqi government, Secretary of State John Kerry says, after photos emerge that appear to show Sunni extremists massacring captured Iraqi soldiers.
Violent insurgency in Iraq is the “predictable” result of the west’s failure to intervene in Syria, not of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Tony Blair declares in a renewed call for military action.