Multiple civilian deaths linked to 2016-17 British airstrikes against IS in Mosul Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds deaths despite claims British weapons did not harm a single non-combatant The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2023
Lives torn apart by British airstrikes in Mosul give lie to UK’s ‘perfect’ precision war Exclusive: Britain says no civilians died in its targeted bombing of Islamic State in Iraq. The Guardian went in search of the unacknowledged victims The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2023
Kidnapped US aid worker Jeffery Woodke finally freed after six years captive in West Africa Longtime aid worker living in Niger was kidnapped from his home by gunmen in 2016 The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023
Two Decades Later, the War in Iraq Is Over—Right? There’s no vital U.S. interest served by this indefinite advise-and-assist mission in the region. Reason · Mar 20, 2023
'I was there in Iraq 20 years ago - the invasion left behind violence and chaos' The Mirror's Chris Hughes covered the invasion of Iraq, launched under claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, which were later proved to be false Daily Mirror · Mar 20, 2023
Islamic state claims responsibility for killing 10 people east of DR Congo Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack that took place in an eastern village in the Democratic Republic of Congo killing 10 people and injuring many others, a telegram account for the group said on Sunday. Reuters · Mar 19, 2023
‘The US army destroyed our lives’: five Iraqis on the war that changed the Middle East Survivors tell of the devastating impact of the US-led invasion 20 years on The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2023
War, insurgency, IS and instability: Iraq since the 2003 US invasion Key events in Iraq since US-led forces invaded to oust Saddam Hussein 20 years ago The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2023
ISIS 'Beatle' is moved to supermax prison after mental health appeal fails El Shafee Elsheikh was sentenced in August to a full-life stretch, and has now been sent to ADX Florence in Colorado to serve out his sentence Daily Mirror · Mar 17, 2023
The Guardian view on Iraq, 20 years on: the costs of war Editorial: The toll of the disastrous US decision to invade, backed by the UK, becomes clearer every year The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023
NIA submits charge sheet in Shivamogga IS conspiracy case MANGALURU: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a Chargesheet against two accused in the Shivamogga Islamic State (IS) conspiracy case on Thursday. The Times of India · 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
Trinidad and Tobago is failing children locked in Syrian camps – it must bring them home During Covid, the Caribbean republic shut its borders, stranding citizens overseas; now it has left children vulnerable to illness, death and IS recruitment The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023
Why US troops remain in Iraq 20 years after 'shock and awe' Twenty years ago the U.S. invaded Iraq amid blinding explosions of shock and awe The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2023 UK refuses to say if it investigated reports of Syria drone strike casualties MoD refuses to say whether it has looked into claims civilians were injured in December strike
The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2023 Rifts remain in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq home town 20 years after his fall Some members of Tikrit’s Sunni population feel they still unjustly bear the legacy of dictator’s brutal reign
The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2023 At least 19 people killed in Congo by suspected extremists Authorities say rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 19 people and set fire to a health fire and houses
The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2023 Annalena Baerbock’s ‘feminist foreign policy’ focuses minds in Iraq German foreign minister’s trip is chance to show how diplomacy can better represent women’s interests – especially those in Yazidi camps
Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2023 Suspected ISIS member denies funding terrorism A west London-born man suspected of being part of Islamic State in Syria has pleaded not guilty to terror funding charges.
Daily Mirror · Mar 10, 2023 ISIS bride chained up five-year-old girl in sun and let her die of thirst Jennifer Wenisch, 31, and her husband, an ISIS fighter, bought the five-year-old girl and her mother as slaves in Iraq before they chained her up in the scorching sun and left her to die
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2023 Iraq's crackdown on booze, social media posts raises alarm Iraq’s new government is suddenly enforcing a long-dormant law banning alcohol imports and arresting people over social media content deemed morally offensive
Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2023 Senior Taliban governor killed after suicide bomber forces their way into his office Mohammad Dawood Muzammil, who was killed in his office by a bomb, is one of the highest-ranking figures to be killed since the Taliban swept back to power in 2021
The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023 House votes down bill directing removal of troops from Syria The House has voted down a bill directing President Joe Biden to remove some 900 U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days
The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023 Former Irish soldier loses appeal against severity of sentence for IS membership Lisa Smith, a convert to Islam, went to Syria in 2015 after terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on Muslims to travel to the country.
The New Daily · Mar 6, 2023 Pakistan bomb attack kills at least 10 policemen, wounds 12 A bomber riding on a motorcycle has rammed into a police truck in Pakistan, killing at least 10 policemen and wounding 12 officers