John Jenkins

I leave Iraq today after one and a half years. I am deeply sad to go. I have made some good friends here. I admire the thirst of Iraqis for their freedoms and... read more

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As we watch the turmoil currently enveloping large parts of the Middle East and North Africa, it is good occasionally to be reminded that there is far more to... read more

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We are working with partners across the world to isolate the regime and to ensure that anyone responsible for abuses or contemplating further crimes knows that... read more

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Today is International Women’s Day . It is a day when we pause to celebrate the achievements of women worldwide, and also about what more needs to be done to... read more

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It seems a long time since I last blogged – before Christmas, just after agreement was finally reached here in Baghdad on a new cabinet.  Given what has... read more

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Guest blog from Chris Bowers, Consul General in Erbil. Psalm 137 is one of the most vivid and familiar poems in the Bible, capturing the pain, grief and... read more

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Friday 10th of December is Human Rights Day, when a global call will be renewed for justice and protection of victims of human rights violations, for accountabi... read more

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Yesterday the British Embassy in Baghdad held our annual Remembrance Ceremony at which we remembered those who died in the two World Wars and in subsequent... read more

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Last Thursday - 28 October - I opened an excellent exhibition of old photographs and maps of Iraq from the collection of the British Library at the National... read more

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Today (Friday 15 October) is Blog Action Day (BAD ) across the world. In my last blog I highlighted the case of an Iranian blogger, imprisoned for expressing... read more

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I haven't blogged for a while - since before Eid al Fitr. Partly that was because I was in London for a few days - during which I had good meetings with the... read more

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We have now entered the Holy Month of Ramadan. It is a time for inner reflection, purification and reconciliation. It is also a month of good works and... read more

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With the official announcement that Ramadan has begun, I should like to wish Iraqis all the blessings that the Holy Month can confer. As well as being a period... read more

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Last week in Iraq marked something special. Within the space of eight days we had three separate celebrations of the official birthday of HM The Queen, the... read more

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I've just returned from the opening session of Iraq's new parliament - the Council of Representatives or COR. The MPs, many of them newly elected, arrived by... read more

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A blog about the work of the British Ambassador in Iraq.

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• Alistair Burt, Foreign Office Minister
• Dominic Asquith, Ambassador to Egypt