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

Major combat against IS in Iraq has ended, says US coalition

'We have received nothing': Sinjar's only school pleads for help in post-IS Iraq

Islamic State mouthpieces targeted in international operation

No, Channel 4, Islam is not responsible for Islamic State

Canada's planned $7m weapons shipment to Kurdish fighters stuck in limbo

Islamic State declares all voters as targets in Iraqi elections

Iraq hits Islamic State inside Syria with 'deadly' air strikes

Women accused of IS links sexually abused in Iraqi camps, says rights group

'We shoot anyone we see': Iraqi troops shield border as IS prowls Syrian desert

Arabic press review: Ugandan soldiers to bolster UAE forces in Yemen

The 'Pipelineistan' conspiracy: The war in Syria has never been about gas

'The world is changing': Iraqi LGBT group takes campaign to streets