Iraq

A series of new exhibits unveiled at the Australian War Memorial aims to tell the complex story of Australia’s participation in the Iraq war.

Chronic health issues are reported in more Australians from English-speaking backgrounds, a new AIHW report has found.

There is significant evidence that terrorist groups such as Islamic State have benefited from the black market trade in looted antiquities from Iraq and Syria.

Mandarins in the Defence portfolio rarely make public comment, but rarer still are wake-up calls on the scale of the Iraq Chilcot report. Ministry boss Stephen Lovegrove reflects on the findings and questions for the UK bureaucracy.

As Washington formally asks Australia to increase strikes in Syria, former foreign minister Gareth Evans warned military force is counter-productive. Australia should be setting its sights higher on the global stage, but political obsessions with non-state terrorism and ‘special’ relationships make it hard to be taken seriously by those we most need to court.