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

No smoking, no sexism: Progressive Iraqi village hopes to be model for a nation

'The least worst option': Refugees in Turkey relieved, sceptical about Erdogan victory

US-backed force ousts Islamic State from Syria's Hasakeh province

Abadi, Sadr alliance brings new Iraq government step closer

Iraq says bombing raid kills 45 Islamic State leaders gathered in Syria

Fire, fraud and recounts: The grim reality of Iraq's dirty politics

Ibrahim al-Marashi

UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie visits Mosul, urges support for rebuilding

Turkish army says Qandil strike killed 35 PKK members

Q&A: Leading Sadrist says foreign powers should not 'hold influence' over Iraq

Danish court orders government to compensate Iraqi civilians over torture

Iraqi Shia leaders Sadr and Amiri announce post-election political alliance

US-led coalition air strikes kill 10 civilians in northeast Syria: Monitor