A British Museum exhibition will mix ancient artefacts with work inspired by the city of legend

A brave new play deals with freedom of speech in complex and interesting ways

The story of al-Qaeda's lost leader, Abdullah Azzam, illuminates the murderous nature of global jihad

The deadliest but least understood Middle Eastern faultline is between Sunni and Shia

Generation Kill, its critics and the messy reality of war

Nothing to Lose by Lee Child

‘Britain and America may soon be governed by eloquent speakers whose attitude to foreign affairs is self-aggrandising posturing’

‘To realise that Syria deserved the cold shoulder did not require the life of a prime minister’

The presidential adviser and author of Terror and Consent, Philip Bobbitt, shares his ideas on the war on terror in a Standpoint dialogue with Conservative politician and author of Celsius 7/7, Michael Gove

The mainstream media has done a disservice — especially to the Democratic Party — by inadequately reporting the positive changes in Iraq during the last two years