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

What's behind Iraq's Basra protests?

Ibrahim al-Marashi

'Revolution' in southern Iraq escalates with 10 dead in one week

Did Iran really deploy ballistic missiles to Iraq?

Ibrahim al-Marashi

Protester killed as demonstrations block key Iraq port near Basra

Protesters block entrance to Iraq's Umm Qasr port in Basra

Rival Iraqi camps vie to form government as protester killed in Basra

Iraqi political groups announce formation of majority bloc in parliament

Baghdad says report of Iran moving missiles to Iraq is 'without evidence'

Police use tear gas against protesters threatening to shut down production at Basra oilfield

Iraqi protesters clash with security forces over neglect

Abadi slammed by Iraq's Iran-backed militias after sacking security chief

Arabic press review: Assad's secret Syrian prison unearthed