Iraq

Diplomacy

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
Afghanistan
Five years after the fall of Kabul, 'war on terror' ghosts have come home
Moazzam Begg
War on Iran
Iran promises to resist interference by foreign 'enemies' as Trump threatens new sanctions
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Why the Mecca Agreement has given the UAE-Israel alliance the jitters
David Hearst
War on Iran
Iran warns enemies to 'anticipate strategic surprises' as it shifts from a defensive stance
War on Iran
How a pragmatic axis could reshape the Middle East
Marco Carnelos
Kurds
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
Inside UAE
Has the UAE's meteoric rise reached its limit?
Ahmed Mawlana
War on Iran
US-Saudi strikes test Iraq's balancing act between Riyadh and Tehran
Inside Iraq
Jack Letts appeals for repatriations from Iraq in 'out of the blue' phone call to parents
Human Rights
Ex-Abu Ghraib prisoner speaks out on abuse
Culture
This rapper parodied Childish Gambino's song to remind people of the US legacy in Iraq
Women
Social media and the Middle East: The women leading the way
US Politics
Trump slams US intelligence chiefs as 'passive and naive' on Iran
Media
Arabic press review: Essebsi loses case and cash in landmark court decision
Religion
Yazidi leader Emir Tahseen Said Ali dies aged 85
Muslim Ban
'Muslim ban': Two years on, Trump's order still destroying lives
Inside Iraq
One dead after protesters storm Turkish military camp in north Iraq
Inside Iraq
Back-to-back bomb blasts kill four policemen in northern Iraq
Heritage
The write stuff: Ancient Arabic scripts are coming back to life
Women
This doctor is giving life back to female Yazidi victims of Islamic State
Film
Middle Eastern film in 2018: Why it was a milestone year