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
Islamic State
Islamic State bombing kills at least 11 in western Iraq's al-Qaim
Kurds
Iraqi Kurds must unite for their rights
Mohammad S. Mustafa
US Politics
McCain and the Middle East: From bombing Iran to admitting Iraq war was a mistake
Islamic State
Islamic State chief urges militants to fight on
Iraq War
Suicide attack kills six Sunni fighters in northern Iraq
Inside Iraq
Why we must stand with Iraq’s protesters
Matthew Ayton
Inside Iraq
Iran resumes electricity supplies to Iraq
Iraq Vote
Iraqi parties announce alliance to form government
Islamic State
US forces to stay in Iraq as long as needed to stabilise former Islamic State areas
Iraq Vote
Iraqi election recount results ratified, paving way for government formation
Religion
Iraq's Kurdish Jews look to the future with hope and scepticism
US Sanctions
Iraq's PM retracts his commitment to US sanctions on Iran