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Putting a Muslim face on a new coalition of the willing
The emphasis at the Nato summit has been on forming a new Iraqi government and putting a Muslim, regional face on any “coalition of the willing”.
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British pilots could be in action over Iraq again soon. Is the legal case for military action stronger than the last time around?
The emphasis at the Nato summit has been on forming a new Iraqi government and putting a Muslim, regional face on any “coalition of the willing”.
The threats from Islamic State and the Russian intervention in Ukraine have changed the mood at the Nato summit as leaders face a dangerous new world reality.
Islamic militants in Iraq reportedly massacre 80 members of the Yazidi minority, although reports emerge of a far larger number being killed.
The barbarians are inside the property. The task is urgent, but the changes needed will take many months and years. Haider al-Abadi has an all but impossible task.
The European Union welcomes moves by member states, including the UK, to supply arms and ammunition to Kurdish fighters trying to halt the advance of Islamist militants in Iraq.
Heirs to a fascinating and idiosnycratic religion, the Yazidi community of Iraq has faced countless attempts at oppression, but its current plight could be the most dangerous yet.
There are so many different power blocs and interest groups in Iraq and Syria that it is almost impossible to predict where events might lead.
The US faces more tough choices to prevent a repeat of the 1991 humanitarian disaster in Iraq.
Thousands of Iraqis, predominantly from the minority Yazidi ethnic and Christian groups, have fled to mountainous regions to escape an advance by Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq.
Islamic State insurgents capture two northern Iraqi towns and an oil field in their first major victory over Kurdish fighters, according to witnesses.
Europeans may think WWI is history, but people in the Arab world are still living with the fury and violence the conflict caused.
With Baghdad battling Isis militants, will Iraqi Kurds finally achieve the goal of an independent Kurdish state?
The US military says it has deployed armed manned and unmanned aircraft over Iraq to protect its soldiers, and may consider targeting “high value individuals”.
I was in Baghdad in 2003, filming “shock and awe”. Despite the violence, it was a time of hope. But now the Iraqi capital is riven by terrorism and state-sponsored violence.