Iraq war

More than 20 bombs hit cities and towns across Iraq, killing at least 36 and wounding almost 150, but analysts tell Channel 4 News the situation is not deteriorating.

A series of bomb blasts erupt across Iraq killing at least 43 and wounding 232, raising fresh fears ahead of an Arab League summit in Baghdad next week.

Defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones assesses where conflicts are most likely to erupt over the next 12 months.

Several bombs go off in mainly Shia Muslim areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad leaving at least 67 people dead and many injured. The attacks come as sectarian tensions escalate in Iraq.

The death toll from the Baghdad bombings has risen as President Obama’s opponents accuse him of leaving a dangerous vacuum in Iraq.

Iraq faces an uncertain future as the last US military units hand over control to local forces, amid continuing political uncertainty and sectarian violence.

Defence Secretary Leon Panetta says lives were not lost in vain as the US formally end operations in Iraq, ahead of a complete withdrawal of troops after nearly nine years of war.

Defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones looks at the uncertain future facing Iraq and the wider region as US troops prepare to withdraw from the country at the end of this month.

“After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over.” President Obama has announced all US troops will be brought home by the end of this year.

Ten years after the war in Afghanistan began, the US and NATO still don’t have enough knowledge to reach their goals, says former US army general Stanley McChrystal.

The situation in Afghanistan is serious but improving 10 years after the invasion, Britain’s special representative to the country tells Channel 4 News.

The US president warns that terror groups will target the US again and urges vigilance as America marks the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Channel 4 News’s Jonathan Rugman finds the report into Baha Mousa’s death critical of the soldiers who abused him, of the British Army, the MoD, and even the regimental padre.

As an inquiry concludes the Iraqi hotel worker suffered “appalling” abuse at the hands of British soldiers, Channel 4 News’s Jonathan Rugman predicts court martials and civil prosecutions will follow.