Iraq

Ali Al-Hamadi bagged a brace against Doncaster Rovers. Image: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

Nine-man AFC Wimbledon hold on to beat Doncaster Rovers

A H-IIA rocket carrying a small lunar surface probe and other objects lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Centre on Tanegashima island, Kagoshima on September 7, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP via Getty Images)

Tim Marshall on how politics and power are playing out in the space race

Chris Elshaw

Thousands raised for funeral of ‘larger than life’ former army chef

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn came under crticism for his response to the Russian poisonings.

Criticism of Corbyn’s response to Russian poisonings misplaced - YP Letters

Military veteran Adam Douglas, who was paralysed in the Iraq war, has joined forces with a national campaign urging sporting venues to make toilets more accessible for disabled fans and athletes.

Veteran paralysed in Iraq campaigns to make sports venue toilets more accessible

Ukrainian troops move by tanks on a road of the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 21, 2022. PIC: ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images

Is the next Ukrainian counteroffensive being set up to fail? - Patrick Mercer

Victoria Garratt, a professional coach of over 12 years, and Andy Swalwell, a radio presenter and producer, have produced the Hour Lives series. Photo: Hour Lives/Evie Uscroft

Yorkshire pair create 'inspiring' radio series Hour Lives

Former SAS corporal Chris Ryan is appearing at Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival. Photo: Mick Kavanagh

Meet former SAS corporal Chris Ryan, appearing at Harrogate Literature Festival

This week marks the 40th anniversary of the invasion of the Falklands by Argentine forces.

Falklands veterans deserve better than this – The Yorkshire Post says

Readers have reacted with anger after Tony Blair was awarded a knighthood by the Queen in the New Year honours.

‘War criminal’ Tony Blair’s knighthood insults us all – Yorkshire Post Letters

People take part in a protest outside Downing Street in Westminster, London, calling on the Government to scrap the Nationalities and Borders bill and for the rapid expansion of safe and legal routes for refugees to enter Britain and claim asylum.

Channel migrants crisis; the rights and wrongs – GP Taylor

Paul Hudson on the BBC Look North sofa with Amy Garcia and Harry Gration

BBC Look North weatherman Paul Hudson's analysis on the climate ahead of COP26

The Queen attends a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey in London to mark the Centenary of the Royal British Legion.

How to celebrate Royal British Legion’s centenary of service – The Yorkshire Pos...

A new BBC documentary has looked at the relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown during the New Labour era.

What Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were really like to work with

Gary Scully captured the rare phenomena while walking up Kinder Scout on Sunday

Watch the moment famous waterfall in the Peak District flows backwards

What should be done to raise school standards in areas like Barnsley?

Barnsley to define Nadhim Zahawi school reforms – The Yorkshire Post says

What should be the priorities of Nadhim Zahawi, the new Education Secretary?

How I will transform school standards – Nadhim Zahawi

Cpl Simon Brown has shared a touching letter he wrote to the man who rescued him after being shot in the face

Yorkshire Iraq War veteran shares touching letter written to fellow soldier

Susanna Reid grilled Tony Blair on the Iraq War (ITV)

Watch as Susanna Reid confronts Tony Blair on Iraq War invasion

The report compiled by a House of Lords' committee says: "We question whether HMRC has struck the right balance between focusing on individuals who used these schemes and the promoters of such schemes."

'How is this justice?' Iraq war veteran is latest victim of loan charge scandal

Dan Jarvis has written a new autobiography about his military service and the death of his wife Caroline.

Dan Jarvis on grief, war and why his children won't read his book until 18
Soldier-turned-politician Dan Jarvis has opened up about becoming a widower in his 30s and finding love again in an unsparing autobiography. Chris Burn speaks to him.

Graeme Bandeira's Armistice Day illustration.

Why we must defend our freedom this Armistice Day – Bernard Ingham

Many voters believed Prime Minister Boris Johnson when he said a vote for him would get Brexit done

Blackfriar: The UK is in danger of thinking that at least Brexit is now “done”

Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades, who were killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone strike on Friday, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square. in Tehran, Iran.

Iran’s long-game after Qassem Soleimani assassination in American drone attack –...

President Bush walks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Bush's dog Spot, following their lunch at Camp David in 2001. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)

Our Orwellian post-truth political rot set in with Tony Blair and Iraq: Anthony ...

Veteran Simon Brown, from Morley, was blinded by sniper fire in Iraq in 2006. Image: Tony Johnson

Why poppy stands as symbol of hope for blinded Yorkshire war hero Simon Brown

Army veteran from Sheffield lifts the lid on the experiences of soldiers for hir...

Former SAS corporal turned author Chris Ryan. Picture courtesy of Nick Kavanagh Photography.

How opinions on Chris Ryan writing about the SAS ‘have come 180 degrees’ after c...

Jane Marriott is the new high commissioner to Kenya.

Meet the Doncaster-born diplomat who has been fighting terrorism in the world’s ...

Chris Robinson served in the British Army for 23 years.

'The most dangerous place on the planet' - army veteran shares experiences of li...

Jon Wilks, the British ambassador to Iraq, pictured at Cloth Hall Court, Leeds. 19th March 2019. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Open path to trade in Iraq following IS defeat says British ambassador Jon Wilks

PIC: PA

Rate of mental health problems among troops and veterans doubles in a decade
The number of veterans and Armed Forces personnel seeking help for mental health problems has almost doubled over the past 10 years '“ and many are waiting too long to get NHS treatment.

For many Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, the transition to civilian life is the toughest battle of all.

The Yorkshire Post says: The hardest battle. Soldiers and fight against PTSD

President Donald Trump meets Theresa May at the Nato summit.

The Yorkshire Post says: Trump versus May. Afford President some respect

Events are being held throughout the country to mark Armed Forces Day, including a parade in Leeds last weekend.

Dan Jarvis: Show your appreciation on Armed Forces Day for all those on the fron...

Protesters during a demonstration against military intervention in Syria in Parliament Square, London.

Hilary Benn: There are no easy choices on Syria - but MPs must make the call

Army Veteran Christopher Unwin, from Rotherham in South Yorkshire, will be running the Virgin Money London Marathon on behalf of SSAFA, the UKs oldest Armed Forces charity.

Soldier injured in grenade attack takes on marathon effort

VETERAN: Bryan Cranston in Last Flag Flying.

Review: Last Flag Flying (15)

Should a referendum have been called over Brexit?

YP Letters: Many politicans are experts in looking after own positions

Carolyn Black

Investors are now considering overseas bonds for greater returns

The Yorkshire Post Says: The hardest battle is recovery

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

YP Letters: These actions should be classed as war crimes

Simon and Tempy.

Video: This video of a touching talk between a Leeds veteran and a five-year-old...

The Yorkshire Post Says: Time to ensure our soldiers have the right kit and equi...

Sir Michael Fallon

The Yorkshire Post Says: Grieving parents should not have needed to fight for ap...

Apologies for families of soldiers killed in Iraq while travelling in Snatch Lan...

WARRIOR: John Cena in The Wall, out in cinemas now.

Review: The Wall (15)

Tony Blair and George W Bush outside 10 Downing Street

What Chilcot really tells us about Bush and Blair - new report by Sheffield acad...

Lord Prescott campaigning in Yorkshire

Lord Prescott defends calls for foreign policy rethink as he warns of a backlash...

Donald Trump and Theresa May speak at the G7 summit

May tells G7 Syria fighters must face justice

The war in Syria has cost billions, but there still seems to be no end in sight.

Paul Rogers: Why we need to find a new plan to defeat terror on our doorstep

Major General Rupert Jones speaking in Afghanistan.

We'll find you and kill you, UK's commander in Syria warns would-be IS fighters

PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo.

YP Comment: The first line of defence in war

Queen Elizabeth II unveils a new Iraq and Afghanistan memorial by Paul Day at Victoria Embankment Gardens in London, honouring the Armed Forces and civilians who served their country during the Gulf War and conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

YP Comment: '˜A time for war, a time for peace'

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair during his speech on Brexit at an Open Britain event in central London.

YP Comment: Fatal flaws in Blair's Brexit '“ stop patronising the electorate

(AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Desert Storm raises tensions: The week that was January 17 to 23 1991

Then United Nations Secretery General Javier Perez de Cuellar, left, shakes hands with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in Baghdad, Iraq, in this Sept. 14, 1987 file photo. (AP Photo/File)

UN chief in late Iraq peace bid: The week that was January 10 to 16 1991

FIRST DELIVERY: CurePharma director, Mustafa Al-Shalechy (left) with Chamber International senior export adviser, David Attia, and samples of the medicines the company has exported in its first delivery to Iraq.

Pharma business ships UK medicines to Iraq

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A Syrian man carries his sister who was wounded after a government airstrike hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria, as George Osborne criticised the West for a lack of leadership.

George Osborne: Aleppo has shown us the price of losing will to act