Matthew Weaver's posts episodes:

• August 20, 2014Foley's friend @Matt_VanDyke speaks of his horror at the death of his fellow journalist

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• August 18, 2014If Petraeus with 120,000 troops couldn't prevent Sunni insurgency what can west do now in Iraq? asks @RoryStewartUK

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• August 15, 2014Sunni leaders threaten to side with Kurdistan if Baghdad fails to meet their demands

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• August 15, 2014Sunni alienation in Iraq sprang from US imposed system, made worse by Maliki, says Toby Dodge

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• August 14, 2014Peshmerga can't rescue stranded Yazidi alone, warns Kurdistan's @BayanRahman

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• August 14, 2014Labour's Ann Clwyd, former envoy to Iraq, cast doubt on US's sudden positive assessment of humanitarian crisis on Mt Sinjar

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• August 14, 2014David Cameron says UK needs 'assets in place' to tackle humanitarian crisis in Iraq

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• August 14, 2014ICRC says it is 'promising' that so many Yazidis have fled to safety, but relief effort only just beginning

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• August 14, 2014Justine Greening repeatedly refuses to state how many Yazidis now believed to stranded on Mt Sinjar

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• August 13, 2014Former defence sectary Liam Fox calls for Britain to launch air strikes in Iraq and arm Kurds

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