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

Kadim el-Sahir: The Caesar of Arabic song wows London

Iraq's parliament approves $112bn budget after months of wrangling

Kurdish-led forces overrun 'last Islamic State-held village' in Syria

War is hell for animals too: In Jordan, these bears have found a sanctuary

Mad for masgouf: 'Once they've tried it, they can't live without it'

HRW raises alarm over human rights abuses in Egypt and Saudi Arabia in 2019

Baghdad's lord of the dance keeps troupe alive through war and chaos

Presumed guilty: The suspected IS families in Iraq blocked from returning home

Death from above: Iraqi border villages bear the brunt of Turkish air strikes

Pompeo on tour: What the US secretary of state pledged during his Middle East trip

Pompeo is on his way home, and US policy in the Middle East is hazier than ever

Arabic press review: UAE offered Saddam Hussein asylum before Iraq war