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

Muqtada al-Sadr's alliance wins Iraqi election recount

Arabic Press Review: Dubai ruler takes a dig at Abu Dhabi on Twitter

Back from hell: The Yazidi women who survived the Islamic State

Arabic press review: Saddam scam goes bust

Iraqi PM suspends electricity minister after weeks of protest

Like it or not, Iran will continue to be the most powerful player in Iraq

Marco Carnelos

Iraq's top Shia cleric Sistani turns up heat of protest movement

Never stop the dance: The trials of Baghdad's ballet school

Dead dogs and diapers: How Basra's fabled canals were left to rot and ruin

Gunmen killed in attack on government building in Erbil

Protests continue to rock Iraq as rights groups report beatings and killings

Football: Second religion of the Middle East