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

Seven US troops killed in Iraq helicopter crash: US official

Stephen Hawking and Hamas: How scientist spoke up for Palestinians

Baghdad ends air blockade of international flights to Iraqi Kurdistan

Despite its epic failures, the world still needs the UN

Richard Falk

Why a Kurdish national state will fail

Basheer Nafi

Turkey strikes PKK in Iraq, as allied forces in Syria near key objective

Passing on nationality to children should be an Arab woman's right

Nadine Sayegh

Iraq's Abadi inducts Iran-linked militias into security forces

Syrian Kurds hold hundreds of foreign IS... and no one wants them back

Prevent must be 'revamped' says UK's top counter-terrorism police officer

Iraq adopts 2018 budget, slashing allocations for Kurds

Iraqi Communists and Shia Sadrists unite to tackle corruption and sectarianism