In 2003, the year the United States military switched its attention from Afghanistan to lead the invasion of Iraq, Simon Akam joined the British Army.

The British army is much smaller now, but the percentage of soldiers on active duty is more than in the Second World War. Their deployments include Northern Ireland, the Balkans and Iraq.

Despite huge personal risk, locals in Iraq worked as translators for the British army. But after their identities were leaked to militias, they say their lives are under threat – and they have ...

Voices Analysing the past actions of the British army is key to understanding its future. A new book which has sparked some controversy offers valuable insight into operations in Iraq and Afghanistan ...

The former head head of the British army has launched a scathing attack on the Blair government, saying the military is overstreteched in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sir Michael Jackson says the ...

Horrifying allegations of torture and killings carried out by the British Army in southern Iraq emerged on January 31. Based on witness statements, death certificates and video evidence, lawyers ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — About 500 civilians and policemen rallied today in the southern city of Basra and denounced "British aggression" following London's decision to use force to free two of its ...

Britain’s top army commander said the presence of British troops in Iraq was exacerbating security problems on the ground and they should be withdrawn soon. In an interview with the Daily Mail ...

LONDON — The British military admitted Thursday that some of its troops violated the human rights of nine detained Iraqi men, one of whom died in custody. The nine suspected insurgents were held ...

8 October 2003: A suspected mortar hits the main British military headquarters in Basra. 27 August 2003: Fusilier Russell Beeston, a Territorial Army soldier in 52nd Lowland Regiment, is shot dead on ...

The SAS operation known as Bravo Two Zero left three men killed and four men captured to be tortured by Iraqi soldiers during the 1990s. This horrific and deadly exercise is infamous today, having ...