Iraq
Libya is what happens when we try to bomb things better
Call me petulant, but I’m not sure Britain is getting enough credit for our fine, fine work in Libya. The…
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Home A Bill to enable a referendum on whether voters wanted Britain to ‘remain’ in the European Union figured in…
Mercenaries could transform the fight against Isis – if we let them
Private military contractors have done wonders against Boko Haram. They could against Isis, too
Iraq may not have the will to survive – and that’s not even the biggest problem
Isis have it. Who else?
Smash Isis now – or we’ll all pay later
Assassinate its leadership, destroy its sense of destiny
As Kurdistan strives for a new life, its old traditions are dying
As Kurdistan reaches for independence, its traditions are dying
Justin Marozzi’s diary: Lunch with Saddam’s hangman, and a democratic revolution in Kensington
Lunch with the man who hanged Saddam. My irrepressible old Baghdad friend Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Ealing neurologist turned Iraqi national security…
Judith Miller, Scooter Libby, and the trouble with special prosecutors
Scooter Libby’s conviction looks ever shakier – and a sign of the deep problem with America’s special prosecutors
Cameron led calls to remove Gaddafi. Why is he silent on Libya's drowning refugees?
One Friday, 28 people were rescued by the Italian coastguard when the boat on which they were fleeing Libya capsized in…
Forget Geneva: the real US-Iran carve-up is happening in Iraq
While Obama talks centrifuges in Geneva, Iranian-backed militia are redrawing the map of Iraq
Arabian Motorcycle Adventures review: enthralling and constantly surprising
There were great numbers of young men who had never been in a war and were consequently far from unwilling…
A state of terror: Islamic State longs to be left alone to establish its blood-stained utopia
The Sykes-Picot agreement will be 100 years old next year, but there will be no congratulatory telegrams winging their way…
A major-general names the guilty men
The author of this primer to the long-overdue Chilcot report, a retired sapper (Royal Engineers) major-general, nails his colours to…
Why does Isis slay hostages? To cover up the fact that it’s losing
Isis slaughters kidnap victims because it guarantees headlines. It's better at slaughtering innocents than it is at winning wars
Cowboys and Muslims: that’s the new global power struggle, according to the latest great American novel
‘I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: if you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all.’ When ‘The…
Why are we abandoning the Middle East's Christians to Isis?
Why are we abandoning Christians to Isis?
How Islamic State commanders squeeze their hostages for every penny
Islamic State commanders know exactly how to extract the greatest possible profit from their hostages. Some care about little else
Wear a veil if you like – but don’t treat women like that
What sort of clothing do you wear when you go to the opera? I assume some of you do go…
Does Jonathan Powell really want to negotiate with the Islamic State?
Jonathan Powell’s stance on negotiating with violent extremists is consistently inconsistent and slippery
The US military should be winning wars, not fighting Ebola
In the case of America, the answer is now practically everything – except perhaps winning wars
I’ve spent years in war zones. And the most terrifying moment of my life just happened in Norfolk
I’ve spent years in conflict zones. But the scariest thing that’s happened to me involved two bull terriers on a Norfolk beach
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Home The Commons, having been specially recalled, passed, by 524 votes to 43, a motion supporting ‘the use of UK…
What will it take for us to stop doing business with Qatar?
Qatari money has flooded into London – but also into much less savoury places
What is to be done about a world where everything is for sale?
Next time you read about an auctioneer’s gavel coming down on a $150 million painting bought by some flunkey representing…
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Home England suddenly began to take the prospect of Scottish independence seriously after a poll of 1,084 people by YouGov…
