Just look at the civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria

Having lived in Belfast at the height of the Troubles, I see how Brexit could push us toward war in Ireland again

The sort of Neo-con and right-wing think tankers, who in 2003 were saying that a war with Iraq would be a doddle, are back in business in Washington, pushing for war with Iran – and are stronger than ever

The problem in resource-rich states is that corruption is not marginal to political power, but central to acquiring it and keeping it

Donald Trump picking a fight with Iran

We often forget that at any one time there are several governments and opposition movements trying to lure the US into a war with its enemies by demonising them as a threat to the world

These administrative changes do not sound dramatic, but they effectively end the semi-independence of the Iraqi Kurds which they had built up over the past 26 years

There is a growing mood of self-confidence in Baghdad which I have not seen here since I first visited Iraq in 1977

Century-old movement for Kurdish independence suffers a calamitous defeat as military reaction to referendum leads to fall of city

The Iraqi military quickly conquered the oil-rich area of Kirkuk in an effort to block Kurdish statehood. But why didn’t Kurdish forces put up more of a fight?