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

Iraq court jails French woman for 20 years over Islamic State membership

Turkish air strikes 'neutralise' 15 Kurdish militants: Military

The false dichotomy between 'Islamist' and 'secular'

François Burgat

Bombs target Iraqi Communist Party headquarters in Baghdad

Hackable voting machines prompt Iraqi election investigation

Baghdad cafe bombing: At least five dead

'Our voices will go unheard': Displaced Iraqis claim threats on election day

First female Communist MP in Iraq's holiest city calls for 'social justice'

Hunger strikes and 'hostage' situation follow fraud claims in Iraq's Kirkuk

Iraq needs a majority government that will actually govern

Akeel Abbas

Sadr’s bloc wins Iraq election but forming government far off

Gunmen besiege polling stations in Iraqi city of Kirkuk