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
Books
Plague and poetry: How Middle East authors have written about disease
Inside Iraq
Four kidnapped French NGO workers released in Iraq
Media
Iranian press review: US accused of reinforcing military presence in Iraq
Iraq War
France withdrawing its forces from Iraq: Report
Music
Extreme metal in Iraq: Why bands are raging against the machine
Covid-19
A breakdown of the coronavirus crisis in the Middle East
Covid-19
Coronavirus: Iraq to impose total lockdown until 28 March
Covid-19
Kindness spreads as Middle East scrambles to contain deadly virus
Covid-19
Coronavirus: Iraq barricades Sadr City as hundreds of thousands defy curfew
Iraq Vote
Iraq's pro-US PM-designate faces challenge from Iran-backed factions
Covid-19
In pictures: Mosques empty for Friday prayers as worshippers stay home over coronavirus
Iraq War
New armed group threatens attacks on US interests in Iraq