The Foreign Policy of Joseph Biden Jr.

For many, the attraction of Joseph Biden Jr. as a presidential candidate has less to do with what he is, … More

The Great Mosque of al-Nuri: a symbol of IS occupation

A deeply sad sight: The Great Mosque of al-Nuri was reduced to rubble during the Battle of Mosul in 2017. Here … More

Oral intervention to be given by the Next Century Foundation at the 37th Session of the United Nations Human Rights … More

“Identifying the tipping point for many men and women thinking of joining Daesh remains the holy grail in our fight … More

Iraq’s next provincial elections will be held in April 2017. With the expansion and contraction of ISIS since the last … More

Up until 3rd July 2016, the political and security situation with the current Shia government looked to have been stabilising. … More

While reading through the Chilcot report and pondering the Iraq question, my personal recollections of the war started coming back … More

Alex Krasodomski Jones of the Centre for Social Media at the British think tank Demos talks about ISIS, about how … More

NCF member Jonathan Mueller writes: Isis in Crisis says Paul Wood in the Spectator. One can only hope that this … More

On Thursday 26th November, David Cameron set out his arguments in favour of extending RAF air strikes to Syria. The … More

From NCF member Stafford Clary in Kurdistan: About 20,000 Kurdistan forces are engaged in capturing and holding Shingal (Sinjar) Town … More

ISIS continues to target the Yazidi community in their campaign to “purify” Iraq. Yazidis are an Iraqi religious minority that … More

Turkey’s reasons for its newfound interest in assisting the US to work against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria … More

In confirmation of what the NCF has said for some time, we now know that former Baathist hardman Izzat ad … More

Car bombs exploded in the parking lots of two heavily fortified five-star hotels in central Baghdad late on Thursday, killing … More

“Daesh is likely to have amongst its tens of thousands of recruits the technical expertise necessary to further refine precursor … More

Following the capture of the ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Syria, there are mounting fears … More

This sad note about the circumstances of Ammar al-Shahbander’s death just came in from a senior board member of the … More

ISIS is on the advance. It took the city of Ramadi a few days ago, which was the Iraq government’s … More

Iraqi Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO) says that 34 journalists have been killed or wounded while carrying out their duties in … More

It is with great saddness that we have to tell you that we have been informed that Mr Ammar al-Shahbander, … More

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, baptised the King of Clubs by the Americans, has been killed according to various news reports. The … More

My daughter has just come back from Tikrit: The Iraq Army are pretty stretched – and we are busy bombing … More