Behind the endless stream of propaganda, who is really pulling the strings of the so-called Islamic State? We examine the roots of Isis, who really holds the power, and the reality of the self-declared caliphate that they don’t want the world to see.
Lindsey Hilsum
A combined force of Iraqi army, Shia militia and Kurdish peshmerga is trying to retake Tikrit from IS. But it is more likely to want vengeance than an orderly retaking of the area.
Tony Blair’s reputation lies in the hands of the Chilcot Inquiry. What will it say about the man who took Britain to war in 2003?
Jon Snow
No one knows how to delay an urgent inquiry into serious misjudgments, mistakes, and misdoings, than the British ‘system’.
Matt Frei
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.
Lindsey Hilsum
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.
Lindsey Hilsum
With the start of Operation Shock and Awe unfolding in front of them, the Channel 4 News crew received an unwelcome visit to their room in Baghdad’s Hotel Palestine.
Channel 4 News international editor Lindsey Hilsum reviews Tony Blair’s evidence to the Iraq inquiry and recalls her own experiences in Iraq as the invasion became inevitable.
Iraq war inquiry: a look back at week one of Sir John Chilcot’s investigation into the events which led to the conflict, through the eyes and ears of the Channel 4 News Iraq inquiry blogger.
The Channel 4 News Iraq Inquiry blogger says there has been a flurry of excitement among journalists as details emerge about intelligence concerning Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons plan, received on the eve of the conflict led by Tony Blair and George W Bush.