Iraq’s prime minister is concerned Britain and the US will deny him what he needs to run the country securely – 12 years after they invaded the country.
Sir John Chilcot, the chairman of the inquiry into the Iraq war, provokes controversy after saying his report will not be published until after the May election – six years after he began his work.
Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon says it is a matter of “public interest” that the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war is published without further delay.
Islamic State frees around 200 members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority, delivering them to safety in the country’s Kurdish north.
David Cameron tells Channel 4 News the police will be stepping up patrols in Jewish areas after he met community leaders this week, but says: “We can’t give 100 per cent protection.”
‘Je suis Charlie’ became the rallying call for those who stand together in defiance and solidarity. But as Paris reflects on the tragedies of last week, Kunal Dutta asks: is it still appropriate?
Some Arabic and Kurdish sources in Mosul, Iraq, are reporting that Sheikh Abu Saad Ansari, the head of preachers in Islamic State, has said IS is responsible for the terror attacks in Paris.
Jon Snow
For the first time in nearly a decade and a half we are not formally at war – but exactly how many “security” or “military” people we have left behind in Iraq and Afghanistan is an imprecise matter.
A 25-year-old woman has been arrested at Luton airport on suspicion of Syria-related terror offences.
A teenager sent to carry out a suicide bombing by Islamic State is being paraded by Iraqi officials after he refused to detonate the device.
A Jordanian jet fighter pilot is taken prisoner by the Islamic State after his plane crashed, but the US dispels claims from the militants they shot it down.
Alex Thomson
Expect Gen Dempsey and many other voices to grow louder in the coming weeks that more must be done with ground forces if IS is to be dislodged.
Kurdish peshmerga forces fight back Islamic State militants from Mount Sinjar on the borders of Iraq, Syria and Turkey, freeing hundreds of Yazidis trapped by IS.
The deliberate targeting of so many children has caused outrage across the world. And it’s part of an increasing – and horrifying – trend.
The al-Sweady inquiry finds that British troops mistreated nine Iraqi detainees while in custody, but dismisses claims of murder and torture as “deliberate lies”.