Iraq

Diplomacy

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
Afghanistan
Five years after the fall of Kabul, 'war on terror' ghosts have come home
Moazzam Begg
War on Iran
Iran promises to resist interference by foreign 'enemies' as Trump threatens new sanctions
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Why the Mecca Agreement has given the UAE-Israel alliance the jitters
David Hearst
War on Iran
Iran warns enemies to 'anticipate strategic surprises' as it shifts from a defensive stance
War on Iran
How a pragmatic axis could reshape the Middle East
Marco Carnelos
Kurds
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
Inside UAE
Has the UAE's meteoric rise reached its limit?
Ahmed Mawlana
War on Iran
US-Saudi strikes test Iraq's balancing act between Riyadh and Tehran
Inside Iraq
Jack Letts appeals for repatriations from Iraq in 'out of the blue' phone call to parents
Diplomacy
Israel's foreign minister calls for ties with Kurds and other minorities in Middle East
US Elections 2024
How is the Middle East reacting to Donald Trump's victory?
Iran-Israel tensions
How Israel's wars and Trump comeback are changing Iran's national security doctrine
Seyed Hossein Mousavian
Inside Saudi Arabia
MBC's news chief quits after Saudi channel calls Sinwar and Nasrallah 'terrorists'
UK Politics
David Lammy accused of 'blatant contempt' for Palestinians over genocide comments
Media
Call of Duty: Kuwait bans new Black Ops 6 game featuring Saddam Hussein
Inside Iraq
Iraq: Officials vow action as Baghdad ranked among most polluted cities on Earth
PKK
Turkey's pro-Kurdish party demands a line to PKK leader Ocalan before new talks
Israel's genocide in Gaza
War on Gaza: Israel wants to finish the job Washington started after 9/11
Jonathan Cook
Israel's war on Lebanon
Exclusive: Qaani under guard and questioned as Iran probes Nasrallah killing
Economy
How a regional war could devastate Middle Eastern economies
Hussein Chokr
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Netanyahu's 'new Middle East' has arrived - but it's not what he envisioned
Sansom Milton