Iraq – Ian Birrell https://ianbirrell.com Columnist & Foreign Correspondent Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:19:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://ianbirrell.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-ian-birrell-favicon-32x32.png Iraq – Ian Birrell https://ianbirrell.com 32 32 The sickening hypocrisy of Bush, Blair and the war on terror https://ianbirrell.com/the-sickening-hypocrisy-of-bush-blair-and-the-war-on-terror/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 14:02:03 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=5467 We owe it to asylum seekers to help them https://ianbirrell.com/we-owe-it-to-asylum-seekers-to-help-them/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:49:23 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=5127 So many festering wounds https://ianbirrell.com/so-many-festering-wounds/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:20:13 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=5112 Britain’s refusal to take Yazidi victims of genocide flies in face of May’s talk on modern slavery https://ianbirrell.com/britains-refusal-to-take-yazidi-victims-of-genocide-flies-in-face-of-mays-talk-on-modern-slavery/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 09:51:20 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4582 This war is far from over https://ianbirrell.com/this-war-is-far-from-over/ Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:59:29 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4539 Death squads roam in the ruins of the caliphate https://ianbirrell.com/death-squads-roam-in-the-ruins-of-the-caliphate/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:41:21 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4537 Escape from the Isis hell https://ianbirrell.com/escape-from-the-isis-hell/ Thu, 21 Dec 2017 11:34:27 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=3999 Don’t be fooled by this defeat for Daesh https://ianbirrell.com/dont-be-fooled-by-this-defeat-for-daesh/ Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:06:12 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=3815 Death throes of the caliphate https://ianbirrell.com/death-throes-of-the-caliphate/ Tue, 18 Jul 2017 11:06:23 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=3811 The face of raw courage https://ianbirrell.com/the-face-of-raw-courage/ Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:07:57 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=3534