The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

The Guardian view on the US and Abu Ghraib: recognition and redress are long overdue

Editorial: Two decades after the invasion of Iraq, victims of abuse and torture by US forces have yet to be compensated

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023

US has failed to compensate tortured victims of its Iraq prisons: HRW

The US has failed to redress Iraqis who suffered from systemic torture and abuse in its prisons during the invasion.

Al Jazeera · Sep 25, 2023

How popular music videos drove the fight against the Islamic State

Almost a decade ago, the Sunni jihadist network known as the Islamic State (IS) declared the formation of an Islamic Caliphate after they captured the Iraqi city of Mosul in June 2014.

The Conversation · Sep 25, 2023

Iraq steps up repatriations from Islamic State camp in Syria, hoping to reduce militant threats

Iraq is stepping up repatriation of its citizens from a camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of people, mostly wives and children of Islamic State fighters but also supporters of the militant group

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023

Sister Of Israeli Captive In Iraq Calls For US Intervention

The sister of an Israeli-Russian academic held hostage in Iraq since March calls on the US to intervene to help secure her release

Zenger · Sep 14, 2023

US should use its influence to help win the freedom of a scholar missing in Iraq, her sister says

The sister of a Russian-Israeli academic at Princeton University who went missing in Iraq nearly six months ago says the United States should use its influence to help win her freedom

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

A Symphony for a Common Man review – the diplomat who could have stopped the Iraq war

Story of expert who knew Saddam Hussein had no chemical weapons, but was ousted to give Bush and Blair a pretext for invading Iraq, plays out like a real-life version of George Clooney’s Syriana

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2023

Government and British Airways face legal action by Kuwait hostages

British Airways Flight 149 touched down at Kuwait International Airport in the early hours of August 2 1990 as Iraqi armed forces were invading.

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Alba call on Douglas Alexander to apologise for his support of Iraq War

THE Alba Party have criticised a former Labour​ minister for his role in supporting the invasion of Iraq and called on him to apologise.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 11, 2023

How 9/11 bred the endless war on terror

The crimes of 9/11 wounded America — and fueled an endless, pointless war that could never be won, or even ended

Salon · Sep 11, 2023