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

Amira's choice: The Iraqi grandmother who risked everything to stop IS slaughter

Ex-British soldier who joined YPG to fight Islamic State faces terrorism charge

Allies promise Iraq aid but amounts fall short of Baghdad's appeal

US extends $3bn credit line at Kuwait conference for Iraq reconstruction

Iraq's reconstruction will cost $88bn, planning ministry says

Iraq reconstruction investment urged by World Bank's IFC

British IS torturers should spend life in prison, says victim's mother

KRG accused of mass executions of suspected IS militants

Arabic press review: Iraq and Jordan squabble over Saddam Hussein's daughter

US will not contribute cash at Iraq reconstruction conference: Report

Baghdad mayor has ambitious plans for her city: 'We are on the right track'

Syria and Iraq air campaigns behind huge rise in civilian deaths