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The Iraqi sheikh who wants the British ‘to stand by us’
Sheikh Mustafa Jboori has seen enough strife in Iraq, but thinks the current crisis is worse than 2006 – and Saddam Hussein.
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The head of the global chemical weapons watchdog tells Channel 4 News it is an “open question” if hidden chemical weapons remain in Syria, two days after the last shipment was supposed to have left.
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.
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.
With fighting still ongoing, Iraqi militants have reportedly taken control of most of the Baiji oil refinery in northern Iraq.
International Editor Lindsey Hilsum charts the origins of crisis in Iraq – from the ousting of Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein, through the consolidation of Shia power, and resulting in more bloodshed.
On Bloomsday, 16 June, readers celebrate Ulysses, one of the greatest – and most demanding – novels in English. How much more challenging is it to translate James Joyce’s masterpiece into Arabic?
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.
Iran is ready to assist the Iraqi government in its battle against extremist Sunni Islamists, President Hassan Rouhani says.
The entity of Iraq – invented by Britain – cannot hold, and the utter foolhardiness of 2003’s Shock and Awe adventure has been exposed.
Iraq is descending into sectarian war as Baghdad-bound Sunni insurgents encounter a Shia uprising – but US President Barack Obama says he will not be sending in ground troops.
It has been 23 years since my first visit to Iraqi Kurdistan and I have never quite got over the beauty of the place, the warmth of the people, or the memory of what humanitarian intervention achieved here.
A spokesman for the Islamic State of Iraam (Isis), urges fighters to march on Baghdad, as the group makes rapid advances through Iraq and Kurdish fighters secure the northern city of Kirkuk.
Islamist militant group Isis makes further gains in Iraq, seizing Tikrit – the hometown of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein – 95 miles north of Baghdad.
The Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war finally strikes a deal on publishing sensitive conversations between the UK and US leaders, clearing the way for the inquiry’s long-awaited report to be released.