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

Qassem Soleimani

REVEALED: Iraqi armed factions not ready to strike US forces, commanders say

Qassem Soleimani

The surprise was not Soleimani's death, but the unity it fostered

Pouya Alimagham

Qassem Soleimani

For Iran, retaliation is more than a matter of saving face

Shahir Shahidsaless

'Cut off America's leg': International reaction to Iran's attack on US bases in Iraq

Iranian rockets target US bases in Iraq in response to Soleimani killing

Trump says US troops will 'eventually' leave Iraq, but not now

Qassem Soleimani

Russia suggests selling S-400 missile system to Iraq amid row over US troops

Iran's Zarif says US denied him visa to visit UN in New York

Qassem Soleimani

Dozens killed in stampede at Qassem Soleimani's funeral

Confusion in Washington as Pentagon chief denies US is leaving Iraq

Qassem Soleimani

Can the Iraqi government expel US forces from Iraq?

Arabic press review: Libyan minister calls for 'declaring a state of war' against UAE