Jonathan Rugman
The time has come for a Kurdish state
With Baghdad battling Isis militants, will Iraqi Kurds finally achieve the goal of an independent Kurdish state?
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Jonathan Rugman
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Lindsey Hilsum
Karbala’s holy shrines, under threat from Isis
It was all too easy to imagine the carnage and devastation if the extremists of Isis try to carry out their threat to attack the most holy place in Shia Islam.
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Paul Mason
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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Lindsey Hilsum
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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Kylie Morris
What to do about the rise of Isis in Iraq?
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.
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Cathy Newman
Note to Kerry: two questions do not a press conference make
Why, when insurgents are rampaging through Iraq, were British journalists permitted to ask John Kerry and William Hague only two questions at a press conference today?