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

Iranian press review: Conservatives urge citizens to say 'no' to Nowruz nuts

Ferry capsizes on Iraq's Tigris River, killing more than 70

Arabic poetry: 10 writers, classic and modern, you need to read

16 years after US invasion of Iraq, ex-spokesman defends Bush over WMD lies

The US military has written a book on the Iraq war - but it's too late

Ibrahim al-Marashi

US extends waiver for Iraq to import Iranian gas despite sanctions

Inside Gitmo: The war court that America forgot

Get out: Iraqi MPs push laws calling for US troop withdrawal

Iraqi army says two soldiers killed in clashes with PKK fighters

US-backed Syrian forces deny deal to send Islamic State captives to Iraq

Qassem Soleimani

Qassem Soleimani is a master strategist, not a cartoon villain

Marco Carnelos

On Syrian uprising anniversary, $7bn raised in Brussels falls short of UN target