The Latest Breaking News from the Iraq war

Are we stumbling into disaster? Again?

Starmer marched against the war in 2003 and called it a “breach of international law”. Now he prefers to ignore it

The Independent titles vigorously opposed the Iraq war long before others saw the error of their support: Then-editor Tristan Davies reveals how, one month into the conflict, The Independent on Sunday became the first to highlight the failure to find weapons of mass destruction

Trillion-dollar war. Hundreds of thousands dead. Zero weapons of mass destruction. Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports on the numbers behind the war

On March 20, 2003, the U.S. carried out its first airstrikes in Iraq.

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

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie blew the whistle on faulty evidence that had led to the Iraq War in 2003. Now, 20 years on, he is inside parliament, arguing decisions on whether to go to war should be made by the whole of parliament, not just by the government.

On the 20th anniversary of the start of the second Iraq war, the Australian War Memorial reveals that its new gallery marking the conflict will feature anti-war protest material alongside a F/A-18 Hornet.

What were the reasons given for the Iraq war, and how do they stand up today?