ISIS fighters dug huge networks of tunnels under cities and across borders, as part of their ‘irregular warfare’ against regular armed forces
Blair is responsible for countless war crimes and deaths – just the sort of thing the UK honours system was set up to reward
The occupation of Iraq drained the country’s resources and left a legacy of economic crisis, energy shortages, increased sectarianism and violence
Western-style democracy has failed Iraq, bringing a dystopian economy, an ineffectual government and more pain for its long-suffering people
How and why are so many police officers being killed in Iraq?
Mapping the conflict and its casualties can change our understanding of this war and any war.
Between 2003 and 2020 the only constants have been the following: communal violence, terrorism, poverty, weapons proliferation, crime, political instability, social breakdown, riots, disorder and economic failure.