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
Covid-19
Coronavirus: Bahrain records 77 new cases among evacuees from Iran
Inside Iraq
Organised chaos: How Allawi's bid to become Iraqi prime minister fell apart
Covid-19
Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia issues travel ban and threatens fines
Women
In pictures: The women driving protests across the Arab world
Covid-19
Coronavirus: Iran closes down schools and universities as death toll rises
Covid-19
Coronavirus spreads to most Iran provinces as death toll rises
Syria War
Rescuers scour Syria for Yazidis still trapped in enslavement
Covid-19
Coronavirus: Iraq rows back on report of first death
Inside Iraq
An Iraqi town’s last remaining Christian
Covid-19
Coronavirus in the Middle East and North Africa: What do we know so far?
Iraq Vote
Pro-Iran militia in Iraq warns of 'war' if president appoints intelligence chief as PM
Iraq Protests
Iraq postpones vote on cabinet again as clock ticks