Culture Simon Akam’s The Changing of the Guard exposes the failures of the British army This detailed, academic book argues flawed leadership led to military disaster in Iraq and Afghanistan. By Anthony Lloyd
A close encounter with British Isis jihadis In an interrogation room in Syria, two members of the notorious “Beatles” terror cell joke about hostages and reminisce… By Anthony Lloyd
The treacherous relationship between Pakistan’s intelligence agency and the CIA How Pakistan has played a deadly game with the US. By Anthony Lloyd
What should you do when two Isis suspects are interrogated right before your eyes? On the ground in Mosul, the terror group's stronghold is crumbling. By Anthony Lloyd
Guns and bullets and nothing more: the Syrian Kurds fighting Isis They are the US-led coalition’s main ally in the fight against Isis, but as Turkey keeps bombing them, the… By Anthony Lloyd
Nameless bodies: the horror faced by migrants in Libya Even after I'd visited the morgue, and spoken to trafficked women, it was Jallo's story which stuck in my… By Anthony Lloyd
The colonel’s revenge: on the battle against Islamic State in Iraq Rough justice in Iraq’s killing fields. By Anthony Lloyd
From a bullet to a drone, Anatomy of a Soldier tells the story of a wounded captain through the objects around him I'd heard about what happened to Harry Parker in Afghanistan, and so at first I was a little nervous… By Anthony Lloyd
How Islamic State exported its novel brand of horror to long-troubled Afghanistan “If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it’s a duck,” a diplomat told me in Kabul.… By Anthony Lloyd