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On March 20, 2003, a US-led coalition invaded Iraq. Years of conflict and insecurity followed, with wide-ranging consequences to this day. In mid-April 2003, as American troops advanced on Baghdad amid the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime, the Baghdad Museum was looted and tens of thousands of pieces disappeared. Twenty…

Veteran political reporter Donald Macintyre reveals how his claim that Saddam was ‘bad but not mad enough’ to start conflict caused alarm in No 10

Watch the scene live from Baghdad as the country marks the 20-year anniversary since the breakout of the Iraq war.

Twenty years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the effects of war and occupation still reverberate through the region.

Former Shia fighter who had murderous reputation during civil war now offers help to city’s widows and orphans

The Iraq war began 20 years ago with a night of bombing on capital Baghdad – and Robert Fisk was there to witness it all. Here, we reproduce that day’s reports from The Independent’s celebrated Middle East correspondent

The ‘new Iraq’ that the warmongers promised us did not bring Starbucks or startups, but car bombs, al-Qaida and Islamic State, says Iraqi poet Sinan Antoon

Survivors tell of the devastating impact of the US-led invasion 20 years on

Key events in Iraq since US-led forces invaded to oust Saddam Hussein 20 years ago