A British military band plays during a handover ceremony of Shat al-Arab hotel to Iraqi authorities in Basra
The end of Britain’s mission in Iraq
The departure of the remaining British troops in Iraq this summer will have little more than a symbolic impact
The handover of the Green Zone ceremony in Baghdad
Positive side to US invasion of Iraq
In the second of our daily World Agenda columns, Deborah Haynes says future Iraqi generations might think of the US President more kindly
