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

New UK law shields soldiers over Iraq and Afghanistan war crimes allegations

In pictures: Coronavirus and the Middle East

Iraqi base housing foreign forces south of Baghdad hit by rockets

Iraq buckling under coronavirus, US attacks and low oil prices

Ibrahim al-Marashi

In pictures: Nine years of Syria's war

Rockets bombard Iraqi base where US, UK troops were killed

Oil price turmoil: How Saudi Arabia's $100bn gambit could backfire

Coronavirus in the Middle East and North Africa: What is the latest?

Civilian among six dead in US strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq

Trump authorises US military to respond to deadly attack on Iraqi base

Air strike in east Syria kills 26 Iraqi paramilitary fighters, says activist group

Deadly rocket attack targets Iraqi base used by international forces