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

Middle East drone wars heat up amid surge in armed UAV sales

EU leaders working to keep Iran nuclear deal alive, protect companies

Iraq elections: Why Sadr’s alliance deserves a chance to govern

Jonathan Steele

Sadrist-Communist alliance set for victory as PM Abadi calls for cooperation

Iraq elections: Voters in poverty-stricken region reject 'same faces' at polls

Iraq elections: Sadr and communist allies leading at halfway stage

Abadi ahead of Sadr alliance in Iraqi elections, initial results suggest

Iraqis stay at home as officials report low turnout for election

Iraqi Kurds opposing independence vote face threats, mistrust

The Trump doctrine, the Iran deal and the future of Iraq

Ibrahim al-Marashi

Meet the Mosul youth working to change the Iraqi establishment

Iraqis head to polls in first election since defeat of Islamic State