Shamima Begum may not have known what she got herself into with Isis, but then neither did western governments

The Only Thing Most People Outside Westminster Know About Brexit is That It’s a Mess

Though the US and its allies are unlikely to win victories against Iran or Bashar al-Assad, by keeping a permanent crisis simmering they ensure many civilians risk everything to flee to Europe

Yemen war: At least six times as many killed in conflict than previously thought, report says

Many of the decisions made during the midterms were more vital in their effect on people’s lives than the choice of elected representative in Congress

We can’t shrug off our responsibilities any longer

The lack of international protests over the war in Yemen, and the involvement of the US and UK as allies of Saudi Arabia and UAE, helps explain one of the mysteries of the Khashoggi disappearance

All Iraqi governments are, to a greater or lesser extent, fragile because of religious and ethnic differences, but the new government is a sign that Iraq is stabilising after four decades of violence and division

The exaggeration of ‘the Iranian threat’ by the Trump administration this week at the UN General Assembly in New York was very like what was being said by Bush and Blair about Iraq fifteen years ago

Prime Minister Abadi has been left with little choice but to leave his post, but it is likely to mean little in a system that favors political stalemate