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

Pence reassures Kurds, discusses protests with PM in surprise Iraq visit

Iraqi forces kill four protesters as Sistani calls on MPs to finalise electoral reforms

Iraqi protest newspaper 'Tuktuk' defies internet cuts

Iraqi forces fire live ammunition, kill four protesters in Baghdad

British troops must be held accountable for abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan

Richard Norton-Taylor

UK and US forces ran secret desert prisons in Iraq after 2003 invasion

Using Iraq and Lebanon uprisings to attack Iran will lead to disaster

Marco Carnelos

Syria Intervention

Inside the Bardarash refugee camp, Syria’s Kurds await their fate

For Iraqi demonstrators, Iran protests are the Islamic Republic's 'punishment from God'

Protesters regain control of third bridge near Green Zone in Baghdad

UK ministers and military accused of war crimes cover-up in Iraq and Afghanistan

Despite rising tide of birth defects, Fallujah shuns Iraq protests in fear of backlash