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

Trump defends Syria withdrawal during surprise visit to US base in Iraq

'This year is special': Baghdad comes together to celebrate Christmas

US extends waiver to allow Iraq to keep importing Iranian gas

Dozens of bodies 'found in Islamic State mass grave' in Iraq

Baghdad massacre: US court finds ex-Blackwater mercenary guilty of murder

Iraq fails to fill key ministerial posts seven months after election

Sold for $60: Yazidi children describe cruel life as IS slaves

Eight years on, the Arab Spring is far from over

Alain Gabon

Nobel Peace Prize-winner Nadia Murad marks Yazidi festival in Iraq ghost village

Turkey strikes PKK in Iraq despite government complaint

Iraq’s charred olive groves - another ruinous legacy of Islamic State

Rick Perry urges Iraq to work with US firms as Iran sanctions waiver nears end