The influx of Syrian refugees into the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq in recent days has left the aid agencies struggling to provide health care for the new arrivals.
The leader of the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Nasser al-Wahishi, has vowed to free militants currently imprisoned around the region.
Ten years ago British and US forces invaded Iraq in a bid to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime and uncover WMDs. But with no such weapons found and Iraq less safe now than under Saddam, has the result of the war been a continued mistrust in Britain and its politicians?
Lindsey German examines the latest developments in the ‘war on terror’, from Afghanistan to Syria and the extradition of Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan