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

Will Boris Johnson become Donald Trump's apologist for war with Iran?

Peter Oborne

Qassem Soleimani

Supreme Leader Khamenei weeps at Soleimani’s funeral as Iran mourns

Gulf markets plunge on US-Iran tensions; Aramco at lowest since IPO

'Two occupiers': Iraqis take to streets to protest against Iran and US

Iraq's parliament calls for expulsion of US troops from the country

Qassem Soleimani

Huge crowds mourn Soleimani as top general's remains return to Iran

Oil prices increase after US killing of top Iranian general fuels war fears

Qassem Soleimani

The assassination of Soleimani and al-Muhandis, the most likely scenario

Azzam Tamimi

Qassem Soleimani

Grief, concern in Tehran after Soleimani's death

Qassem Soleimani

Tracked, targeted, killed: Qassem Soleimani's final hours

Thousands attend funeral procession in Baghdad for Qassem Soleimani

Iraq's military denies air strike took place north of Baghdad