Robert Halfon: AK47s, pluralism, war, students, cigars – and I get high. What I saw amidst Kurdistan’s fledgeling democracy.

I hope that, one day, it is no longer just an autonomous region in Iraq, but gets the independence it deserves.

Eric Pickles: Netanyahu is in Britain. And the Duke of Cambridge will visit Israel – a sign that the two countries are drawing even closer.

But it is important to acknowledge that there are growing concerns within Israel about the rise of antisemitism in Britain.

Garvan Walshe: Gaza. Israel leaps into Hamas’s trap.

The use of live ammunition is the result of decisions either made or approved by the defence minister.

Violence in Gaza. Israel’s Government discounts Britain’s view.

The hard truth is that for the country’s politicians what European governments think is of secondary importance. What counts is Congress and Trump.

Ben Roback: On Iran, Trump again displays the art of breaking deals

The President is often taken literally but not seriously, whereas he should be taken seriously but not literally.

Daniel Kawczynski: We must back Trump’s withdrawal of support from the Iran deal

Obama and his partners ignored the loudly-voiced concerns of our key Gulf strategic partners and Israel that the deal ignored potential Iranian interference in the region.

WATCH: Trump announces that America will withdraw from the Iran deal

“In just a short period of time, the world’s leading state sponsor of terror will be on the cusp of acquiring the world’s most dangerous weapon.”

Garvan Walshe: The IDF’s chief of staff thinks the Iran deal is good enough. Why doesn’t Netanyahu?

The Israeli Prime Minister senses a chance to finally succeed in his years-long campaign to persuade the United States to bomb Iran’s nuclear programme.

Let’s suppose missile strikes target the Assad regime. But afterwards chemical weapons are used again in Syria. What then?

Reports this morning suggest conflict within the Government and hesitation in America. And no wonder.

The Syrian horror. No easy answers.

Public opinion would back missile strikes against Assad, and arming a credible opposition, were there to be one. But not more western boots on the ground.

Iain Dale: London murders and gang grooming

Plus: Erdogan, Putin and Rouhani meet at the Three Wise Monkeys Summit – hear no evil, see no evil…and evil. Guess which is which.

Jack Lopresti: What we should do now to help the Kurds – and why

Let’s remember that they bravely fought extremism for themselves, and to help keep our streets safe too. It’s reasonable to ask if Iraq is becoming a failed state.

Watch Trump on Iran

We are so preoccupied with Brexit and Putin that we may have missed the significance of the President’s latest sacking-and-replacement.

Poor Russia

On corruption, fragility, innovation, human capital, creditworthiness, GDP per head – all the measures that count for most – the country is, to put it politely, not in a great place.

Williamson’s verdict at Westminster, not attempted murder in Salisbury, is our best guide to responding to Putin

Last month, he told the Defence Select Committee that Russia has ousted terrorism from the top of the national threat list – which has big spending implications.