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Watch view live from Baghdad as the country marks 20 years of Iraq war

Watch the scene live from Baghdad as the country marks the 20-year anniversary since the breakout of the Iraq war.

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

20 years on, was removing Saddam Hussein worth the war in Iraq?

Twenty years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the effects of war and occupation still reverberate through the region.

Al Jazeera · Mar 20, 2023

Guns, cash, and frozen chicken: the militia boss doling out aid in Baghdad

Former Shia fighter who had murderous reputation during civil war now offers help to city’s widows and orphans

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2023

A Stranger in Your Own City by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad review – 20 years of frustration and fury in Iraq

The architects of the 2003 invasion promised change and democracy. This book shatters western assumptions, shows the effect on Iraqis of cycles of violence – and offers cautious hope

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2023

Geysers of burning oil, looting and mayhem – reporting on the opening days of the Iraq war

The Guardian and Observer’s correspondent recalls his 2003 journey dodging US tanks, checkpoints and police

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023

Iraq 20 years on: death came from the skies on March 19 2003 – and the killing continues to this day

The mass killings of Iraqis started on the night of March 19 2003 with the US-led coalition’s “shock and awe” bombing of Baghdad. They called it “Operation Iraqi Freedom”.

The Conversation · Mar 17, 2023

A bloody delusion: how Iraq war led to catastrophic aftermath in Middle East

The 2003 invasion’s legacy reverberates in the emboldenment of Iran, Islamic State’s violence and the disintegration of Syria

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023

Mutanabbi Street slowly re-emerges, 20 years on from Iraq war

The booksellers of Baghdad’s Mutanabbi Street have faced invasion and bombings, two decades on from the war in Iraq.

Al Jazeera · Mar 17, 2023

Timeline of events: 20 years since U.S.-led invasion of Iraq

It’s been 20 years since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began March 20, 2003

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023

20 years after U.S. invasion, young Iraqis see signs of hope

Today's Iraq is a world away from the terror that followed the U.S. invasion to depose Saddam Hussein 20 years ago this week

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023