iraq

Since the conflict in the Middle East first broke out Iraq has been one of the countries targeted by Iranian strikes. In the latest attack earlier today, one person was killed when a drone hit Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

We spoke to Richard Haass, who held senior positions in the US defence and state departments and was an advisor to Colin Powell in the lead-up to the Iraq war. 

We spoke to H.R. McMaster, a National Security Advisor during President Trump’s first term, and asked whether the US president was right to start this war without congressional approval.

We were joined by Pullitzer prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind who has written extensively about Dick Cheney and the war on terror.

Dick Cheney, the man who served as perhaps the most powerful vice president in US history died Monday at the age of 84.

In a historic first, fighters from the Kurdish militant group, the PKK have ceremonially burned their weapons, marking the start of disarmament after more than 40 years of conflict with the Turkish state.

We spoke with General Ben Hodges, formerly the commander of US troops in Europe, at the Chatham House annual conference.

In this episode of The Political Fourcast, Nicky Morgan and Charlie Falconer join Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss how the war in Gaza could change the political fortunes of UK parties.