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

Syria after Assad: The winners for now are Turkey and the West

Seyed Hossein Mousavian

Syria's Sayyida Zeinab Shia shrine left unharmed, Iraqi fighters say

Inside the Iraqi factions’ decision to keep out of Syria

Why Syria is more relevant today than before

Kamal Alam

How the Syria crisis could reshape the Middle East

David Hearst

Artists must not stay silent or 'neutral' about Israel's genocide

Hassan Abdulrazzak

Notre-Dame: How Europe’s great cathedrals owe much to Muslim craftsmen

Diana Darke

Iraq, hacks and the Kingfish: The scandal that could bring down Prime Minister Sudani

Iraq's first census in decades hailed as 'huge step forward'

Iraq: Rights group warns executions based on unfair trials are 'surging'

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Trump's cabinet is a recipe for all-out Middle East war

David Hearst

US contractor held liable for torture, with jury awarding $42m to Abu Ghraib survivors