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

Boris Johnson and the Middle East: Seven defining moments as foreign secretary

Two Filipino women abducted in Iraq after their car breaks down

Iranians fear consequences of Trump-Kim deal

Iranian Kurds prepare to defend Kirkuk after referendum

Vote recount in Iraq's Kirkuk already producing 'differences'

Iraq launches major anti-Islamic State operation after killings

Iraq begins manual recount of votes from disputed election

Iraq to begin manual recount of national election votes on 3 July

Iraq begins building fence on Syria border to keep out Islamic State fighters

Suicide bomber targets Iraq ballot site after recount announced

Iraq PM orders swift executions of Islamic State militants on death row

Tony Blair: Let's work with Russia against 'radical Islam'