Tales from Iraq
Listen to our pick of insightful programmes as background to the Iraq crisis.
Lukman Faily: Iraq facing an invasion of jihadists from around the world
Edward Stourton interviews Iraq's Ambassador to the United States
The Iraq Crisis: What Next?
BBC correspondents debate the Iraq crisis. What's going on, and how will it all unfold?
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The Sunni-Shia split explained
BBC Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins on the background to the Sunni-Shia divide
How Iraq Changed the World
Writer and broadcaster John Kampfner looks at the global consequences of war in Iraq.
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Iraq Tales: What the Army Learned—Archive on 4
Chris Parry uses the US Army's oral history archive to tell the history of the Iraq war.
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Episode 1—The Making of the Modern Arab World
Tarek Osman traces the characters and ideas that have shaped the modern Arab world.
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Tony Blair on Iraq intervention
Tony Blair says the intervention in Iraq could have been better.
Episode 1—After Saddam
BBC correspondent Hugh Sykes returns to Iraq ten years after the US-led invasion.
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Was Saddam a Threat or Not?—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke discusses the resignation of the US chief weapons inspector, Dr David Kay.
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The Rise of Islamism—The Making of the Modern Arab World
Tarek Osman examines the rise of Islamism from the 1970s to the 1990s.
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Fighting in the Iran-Iraq War.—Witness History
An Iraqi doctor remembers serving in one of the longest wars of the 20th Century.
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Unrest in Iraq; Ofsted's report into Birmingham Schools; anonymity in rape cases.—Any Answers?
Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? With Anita Anand.
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Iraq: 'The death toll is staggering, relentless'
Kevin Connolly reports on violence in Iraq as the country prepares for elections.
Faisal I of Iraq and the making of the modern Middle East—Start the Week
Anne McElvoy with Richard Evans, Malu Halasa, Scott Anderson and Ali Allawi.
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The Iraqi Interpreter's New Home
Iraqi interpreters were offered a new life in the UK for their help. What did they get?
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Saddam Hussein Lives!—From Our Own Correspondent
Global correspondents read between the lines, presented by Kate Adie.
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The Heroes of Baghdad—From Our Own Correspondent
Story-telling from around the world.
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Iraq, World Cup and Young Muslims—Sunday
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs. Iraq, the World Cup and young Muslims.
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Episode 2—The Making of the Modern Arab World
Tarek Osman explores the rise and fall of Arab nationalism.
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Episode 4—The Making of the Modern Arab World
Tarek Osman examines the build up to the Arab Spring, as two worlds collide.
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Baghdad Airport—Crossing Continents
A portrait of life in Iraq through the story of its international gateway.
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Episode 2—After Saddam
BBC correspondent Hugh Sykes returns to Iraq, ten years after the US-led invasion.
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