Tony Blair: Iraq's insurgency stems from Syria
Violent insurgency in Iraq is the "predictable" result of the west's failure to intervene in Syria, not of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Tony Blair declares in a renewed call for military action.
The former prime minister rejected as "bizarre" arguments that Iraq would be more stable and peaceful today if the US-backed war, which claimed the lives of 179 UK personnel, had not happened.
