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
Are Arab dissidents facing a new wave of repression?
Syria after Assad
Syria after Assad: How to rebuild from the ashes of war 
Ahmet Davutoglu
Syria after Assad
How Syrian mutinies and betrayal sunk Iran's support for Assad
Inside Iraq
Quran burning activist Salwan Momika found dead in Sweden
Inside Iraq
Iraq: Revised 'sectarian' law that raised fears over child marriage passed without vote
Climate change
Algeria records highest temperatures in 2024 as global warming breaches 1.5C
Real Talk
‘If you’re an Arab journalist, you’re political’: Western media & Gaza | Hind Hassan
France
Jean-Marie Le Pen, who brought French far right into the mainstream, dies at 96
Syria after Assad
Israel’s attacks on Syria threaten regional stability and will ultimately backfire
Ali Bakir
Syria after Assad
Syria after Assad: Europe must play a constructive role or risk irrelevance
Barah Mikaïl
Syria War
Syrians have flown the cage. We must not lose our freedom again
Marwa Al-Sabouni
Syria War
Assad downfall: Is the Arab Spring back from the dead?
David Hearst