Iraq

Diplomacy

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
Afghanistan
Five years after the fall of Kabul, 'war on terror' ghosts have come home
Moazzam Begg
War on Iran
Iran promises to resist interference by foreign 'enemies' as Trump threatens new sanctions
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Why the Mecca Agreement has given the UAE-Israel alliance the jitters
David Hearst
War on Iran
Iran warns enemies to 'anticipate strategic surprises' as it shifts from a defensive stance
War on Iran
How a pragmatic axis could reshape the Middle East
Marco Carnelos
Kurds
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
Inside UAE
Has the UAE's meteoric rise reached its limit?
Ahmed Mawlana
War on Iran
US-Saudi strikes test Iraq's balancing act between Riyadh and Tehran
Inside Iraq
Jack Letts appeals for repatriations from Iraq in 'out of the blue' phone call to parents
Iraq Protests
Iraq's new prime minister makes moves to placate protesters
Ramadan
Widows in Mosul cook Ramadan iftar meals for those in need
Iraq Protests
Anti-government protests resume in Iraq
Iraq Protests
'Today is a message': Anti-government protests resume in Iraq
Inside Iraq
Iraq's new government reaches out to October protesters
Environment
Supermoon lights up skies across the Middle East
Islamic State
Islamic State's 'Battle of Ramadan' rocks Iraq and stokes fears of resurgence
Inside Iraq
Iraq parliament votes in new government, ends six-month vacancy
Inside Iraq
Rockets hit military complex near Baghdad airport used by US troops
Syria War
Strikes in eastern Syria reportedly kill Iranian and Iraqi fighters
Islamic State
Iraqi paramilitary fighters killed in Islamic State attack
Islamic State
IS attack kills 10 Iraqi fighters north of Baghdad