Iraq

The site of a former residential school where hundreds of unmarked graves were detected, in Cowessess First Nation, Sask., on July 6, 2021 (Liam Richards/CP)

Coming to terms with a national shame

Adnan R. Khan: The lessons from other countries that have had to confront mass graves are clear—shining a light into our darkest corners is the only way forward

For Trump, nothing but good news on Iran—and no mention of the plane crash

Having brought his country to the brink of war, the U.S. president returns to his own re-election campaign and impeachment

Trump’s hit on Soleimani exposed a lot of uncomfortable truths

Terry Glavin: Tehran’s interference had tied NATO’s Iraq mission in knots, and the idea of ‘stability’ had become an illusion

The U.S. has gone rogue, and Canada may be caught in the crossfire

Adnan R. Khan: The assassination of Qassem Soleimani could set Iraq on fire, with dire consequences for Canadian troops

ISIS is dead. But it’s not gone.

Adnan R. Khan: Travelling across northern Syria, the ghosts of the world’s most violent terrorist organization are everywhere. The war is far from over.

Can Canadian soldiers stop the next Iraq insurgency?

The race is on to prepare Iraq for a whole new deadly insurgency led by ISIS fighters, and Canadian soldiers are in the middle of it

Life amidst the ISIS insurgency

Adnan R. Khan reports from Syria where normalcy is slowly returning after ISIS, but fear lingers. ‘People say they are everywhere, hiding and waiting.’

How politicians whitewash their past by criticizing the present

Opinion: Figures like Madeleine Albright and Hillary Clinton cannot be removed from the history of attacks on democracy

A Yazidi family’s traumatic first days in Canada

A refugee family from Iraq says they couldn’t have coped with the shock of their new lives without the support of a dedicated group of volunteers—raising questions about Canada’s ability to help

How the fight to defeat ISIS sparked a new battle in Iraq

Adnan R. Khan: Canada put its military resources behind the Kurds to take on ISIS. Now it’s seeing the ugly results.

A ‘Great Disaster’ has just descended on Iraq

Adnan R. Khan reports from Kirkuk on the takeover of the city by Iraqi forces and how it has opened the door for a new insurgency

A whole new war is about to hit Iraq

Adnan R. Khan: A civil war is suddenly looming between Iraq and the Kurds—and Canadian forces could find themselves on the front lines

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