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

PKK disarmament: What does it mean for Baghdad and Erbil?

Mehmet Alaca

PKK to officially disband this week, sources say

Persian or Arabian Gulf? A brief history

Syria after Assad

Why Turkey should stand up to Israel's rampage in Syria

Ali Bakir

Alleged US plans to deport people to Libya 'inhuman,' rights groups say

Across the Middle East, non-state armed groups are down but not out

Hesham Gaafar

Iraqis campaign to ban visit by Syria's Ahmad al-Sharaa over al-Qaeda past

Gaza Under Attack

Why Hamas will not surrender

David Hearst

Iraq's Halabja declared a new governorate

Global executions hit decade high, with majority in the Middle East

Oil prices crumble as Saudi Arabia throws in the towel on restricting supply

Israel's genocide in Gaza

War on Gaza: My son was born into a world on fire

Shaimaa al-Durra