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

Iraqi protesters leave US embassy compound in Baghdad

In pictures: Protesters around the region ring in the new year defiant and hopeful

Iraqis speak of hopes for 2020 after year marked by violent unrest

US deploys 750 troops to Iraq as Trump threatens Iran over embassy attack

'The anti-Benghazi': Iraq events show US partisan divisions over foreign policy

How will Iraq respond to US air strikes?

Marco Carnelos

Thousands of Iraqis storm US embassy over air strikes

Following US strikes, Iran to consolidate militia alliances despite rising costs

Iraq protesters attack US embassy over air strikes

US 'disappointed' in Baghdad's condemnation of American attacks on Iraqi militia

Turkey arrests 94 Islamic State suspects ahead of New Year

Dozens killed in US strikes against pro-Iran group in Iraq and Syria