Iraq

Mecca Agreement: A Muslim Nato or yet another Baghdad Pact?

The Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani pact reinforces the US-run regional order that analysts claim it defies - which explains why Trump was so quick to bless it

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Why the Mecca Agreement has given the UAE-Israel alliance the jitters

David Hearst

Iran warns enemies to 'anticipate strategic surprises' as it shifts from a defensive stance

How a pragmatic axis could reshape the Middle East

Marco Carnelos

Turkey's cross party Kurdish peace coalition makes history with PKK clemency law

Inside Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco reports bumper profits as it bypasses Strait of Hormuz

Has the UAE's meteoric rise reached its limit?

Ahmed Mawlana

US-Saudi strikes test Iraq's balancing act between Riyadh and Tehran

Jack Letts appeals for repatriations from Iraq in 'out of the blue' phone call to parents

Yemen war: Is a new order emerging in the Red Sea?

Taqadum al-Khatib

Venezuela crisis

Venezuela extends the lesson of Gaza into the western hemisphere

Sami Al-Arian

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Gaza is an early warning. Will the world heed it?

Ammiel Alcalay

Arrogance, hubris and ideology: How 2025 capped a quarter century of US failures

David Hearst

Iraqis left without power after Iran 'entirely' halts gas exports

From steamships to sovereignty: How Iraq's old arteries challenge modern myths

Tanya Goudsouzian

World Cup draw 2026: Which Middle East and North Africa teams qualified? Who will they play?

US unveils sprawling consulate in Erbil as troops shift to Kurdistan region

Investigation ordered after Iraq appears to designate Hezbollah and Houthis terrorists

What is so contentious about Shabana Mahmood's new asylum reforms?

Muqtada al-Sadr urges boycott of 'corrupt' Iraqi elections as low turnout expected

Dick Cheney may be gone, but the wars he waged are forever

Mohamad Elmasry