Lindsey Hilsum
Iraq: the last days of Maliki?
As long as Nouri al Maliki refuses to step down, the Iraqi government is doing no governing at all, let alone getting a grip on the military disaster to the north.
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Lindsey Hilsum
Fear and loathing in Baghdad
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.
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Baghdad bombing highlights Iraq's political void
Lindsey Hilsum blogs on how today’s Baghdad bomb attack is the latest sign that insurgents are seeking to exploit the political void caused by Iraq’s inconclusive election.
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Iraq inquiry: Operation Charge of the Knights
Today’s hearing from the Iraq inquiry focuses on the consequences of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s 2008 Operation Charge of the Knights, which targeted the militias and criminal gangs of Basra
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Jon Snow
As the US pulls out, what did the Iraq war achieve?
Iraq is a country I have visited many times since I was first there to report from the front line of the harrowing Iran/iraq war in 1980. Foreign intervention and interference has dogged it for more than a century. No wonder Baghdad is seized with parties and celebration. For the promised American pull-out from Iraq…