Ed Owen, an advisor to the foreign secretary at the time of the Iraq invasion, on why he now feels differently about the decision to go to war
The past 50 years of Western economics are rooted in imperial exploitation. But if the US’s military can be beaten, it can’t rule global markets
Western-style democracy has failed Iraq, bringing a dystopian economy, an ineffectual government and more pain for its long-suffering people
Attendees of a recent peace delegation responding to Turkey’s incursions into the Kurdistan Region of Iraq were detained at Erbil airport
How and why are so many police officers being killed in Iraq?
Years of of lethal state failure have devastated the people of Iraq, whose daily life today is fraught with challenges, with little hope in sight
Painting immigrants’ faces and laughing on chat shows will not excuse the former US president’s blood-stained past
Christian leaders in Egypt and Syria opposed the 2011 uprising but now their counterparts in Iraq and Lebanon back reform to protect their flocks
A recent visit to Tehran suggests that the UN is officially recognising Iran's presence – and interference – in its neighbour’s politics
Will the new president undo Trump’s hawkish stance on Iran, Yemen, Libya and Qatar?
Only by building regional bridges can effective resistance to global capitalism be achieved.
Iraq’s October uprising was a wake-up call for desperate generations caught in an endless cycle of poverty, marginalization and injustice. How does the struggle continue today?
