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
Qassem Soleimani
Syrians in Idlib celebrate Qassem Soleimani's death with sweets and cakes
Qassem Soleimani
Was it legal?: What US and international law say about Trump's strike on Soleimani
Iran Tensions
US to send 3,000 troops to Middle East after embassy attack, Soleimani killing
Iran Tensions
Who was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis?
Analysis
After Soleimani's death, Israel just wants to shield itself from the storm
Analysis
Qassem Soleimani assassination: Trump's new year fireworks will backfire
Qassem Soleimani
Qassem Soleimani assassination: Trump is playing with fire to save his presidency
Nader Entessar
Live
Iran Tensions
Live updates: US-Iran tensions after Qassem Soleimani's killing
Iran Tensions
'Criminal American aggression': International reaction to the killing of Qassem Soleimani
Qassem Soleimani
Iran's Qassem Soleimani killed in US strike on Baghdad airport
Iran Tensions
US defence secretary warns Washington may take 'preemptive action' against Iran
Iraq Protests
Iraq embassy protest: Trump has been drawn into a battle he can't win
Ibrahim al-Marashi