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

Qassem Soleimani: Devil to America, to Iran a superhero

Jane Corbin

Former captive doctor tells of dissent and despair within Islamic State's ranks

Death of a writer: Murder casts shadow over Baghdad's literary scene

Arms sales to Middle East have increased dramatically, new research shows

The Yazidis of the Caliphate's 'last breath'

In ‘virtual civil society’, Iraqi women are the leaders

Lara Fatah

Meet the Iraqi driver with a no phones policy in his taxi

Guantanamo sees new construction a decade after prison ordered shut

Art and photography

Pulitzer-winning photographer Yannis Behrakis, who captured key moments in Middle East, dies

Iraqi and Kurdish forces accused of torturing children linked to Islamic State

Exporting America's gun problem? The proposed rule that has monitors up in arms

Germany announces measures to strip Islamic State fighters of citizenship