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 Communist MP who resigned over protest violence now calls for government to step down

Triumph for Trump or their country? Iraqi youth split over Baghdadi death

Baghdadi's death: Islamic State will survive as long as chaos reigns

Ibrahim al-Marashi

Lebanon Protests

IMF urges Lebanon to implement economic reform package

Baghdadi killed: How key players are reacting to Islamic State leader's death

'Weed them all out': Protests continue in Iraq's capital as pressure on government swells

Live

Live updates: Trump confirms Baghdadi killed

US bolsters forces in oil-rich east Syria as Russia raises objections

UN opens second camp in Iraq to cope with Syrian Kurd influx

Dozens of protesters killed in Iraq as anti-government rallies resume

'Just let us live': Protests renewed in Iraq after deadly crackdown

House of horror: Virtual reality film depicts Islamic State devastation in Fallujah