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
Israel attacks Iran
Israel's attack on Iran could spark a region-wide explosion
Hesham Gaafar
Israel attacks Iran
Will Trump abandon 'America First' to join Israel's war on Iran?
Marco Carnelos
Israel attacks Iran
Israel's attack on Iran: The violent new world being born is going to horrify you
Jonathan Cook
Israel attacks Iran
Why Israel's attacks are backfiring as Iranians rally around the flag
Mohammad Eslami
Israel attacks Iran
Israel's war on Iran: Why the UK must stay out
Chris Doyle
Iran-Israel tensions
Western hypocrisy over Israel's attack on Iran is staggering
Omar Suleiman
Diplomacy
Syrian president skips Arab League summit in Baghdad following opposition
PKK
Turkey-PKK clashes pause in Iraq
PKK
As PKK disarms, Turkey solidifies its power against Iran and Israel
Israel's genocide in Gaza
How Trump and Netanyahu's aggressive vision could set the world ablaze
Hesham Gaafar
PKK
PKK disbands after 40-year-long conflict with Turkey
Syria after Assad
The long path to recovery in northeastern Syria
Chris Doyle