Iraq

Environment

How drought and oil expansion are eroding livelihoods in Iraq's Hawizeh Marshes

As the Unesco-protected wetlands dry up, residents who have long depended on this fragile ecosystem are being pushed out
Inside Iraq
Can Baghdad finally resolve the crisis in Sinjar?
War on Iran
Oman calls for Gulf, Iraq and Iran to unite under one security pact
War on Iran
'Escalation is coming': Middle East on edge as new Israeli-US attack on Iran looms
Inside Israel
Netanyahu map shows RSF 'friendly' to Israel and UAE, backing for separatist movements
War on Iran
Iraqi Kurds suggest peace process between Iran and Iranian Kurdish opposition
War on Iran
Turkey is hailing an 'Islamic Nato' it can neither afford nor deliver
Osman Sert
War on Iran
Iran will not trade its nuclear insurance policy for worthless American promises
Ali Naghieh
Economy
War in the Middle East is deepening global inequality, IMF says
Economy
The resilience of the world economy is built on illusion - it's time the West woke up
Marco Carnelos
Yemen War
Houthi forces warn against use of Saudi airports following Riyadh attack
PKK
Kurdish refugee camp to be evacuated under Turkey, Iraq deal
Inside Iraq
Iraqi parliament debates law restricting right to protest
Energy
Why Turkey abruptly cancelled an Iraqi oil pipeline agreement
Syria after Assad
From Damascus to Gaza, Israel’s plan to fragment the region may end up uniting it
Soumaya Ghannoushi
PKK
PKK fighters burn weapons in landmark disarmament ceremony
PKK
PKK no longer seeks independent Kurdistan, Ocalan says in rare video
Film
'The President’s Cake': Hasan Hadi on Iraq, sanctions and his Cannes-winning debut
Israel attacks Iran
Why western visions for a 'new Middle East' are irrelevant
Abed Abou Shhadeh
UK Politics
Winston Churchill: The truth behind his legacy
Kurds
PKK's Abdullah Ocalan: 'No Israeli dominance through Kurds'
Israel attacks Iran
How the US bombing of Iran exposed Israel's fragility
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Israel attacks Iran
Why closing the Strait of Hormuz would hurt Iran the most