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Gareth Browne

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Gareth Browne is a freelance journalist. Follow him on Twitter: @BrowneGareth

Analysis: After Mosul and Tal Afar, attention is turning to Hawija, a pocket of Iraqi territory long deemed ungovernable and essentially lawless, writes Gareth Browne.

02 September, 2017

Comment: Islamic State's strength in Tal Afar was overestimated, as was the number of civilians within the city, writes Gareth Browne.

29 August, 2017

Comment: A failure to invest Afghanistan now, is likely to only create greater problems in the future, writes Gareth Browne.

24 August, 2017

Comment: Whether the futures of Yazidis and Assyrians lie in Iraq or an independent Kurdistan, neither option is likely to guarantee their rights, writes Gareth Browne.

16 August, 2017

In-depth: A look inside the most profitable business in Iraq.

31 July, 2017

Movie maker Mohammed al-Daradji's Baghdad film school aims to build a world-class industry in a city that has already seen too many horrors, reports Gareth Browne.

27 June, 2017

Review: Graeme Wood's latest book, 'The way of Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State', does more than address the shortcomings of his earlier work, writes Gareth Browne in Mosul.

06 April, 2017

Exclusive: Her mother was one of at least 100 killed that day. Her father was badly injured. Awra was one of the few pulled from the rubble still breathing.

04 April, 2017

Battle update: Iraq's elite units continue to advance towards surrounding Mosul's Old City, where IS militants are expected to make their final stand, reports Gareth Browne.

28 March, 2017

Iraq's Rapid Response Division pounded the village of Albu Saif to drive out Islamic State militants, as forces bear down on Mosul airport.

21 February, 2017