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
Inside Iraq
Iraq invites bids to build new Kirkuk-Turkey oil pipeline
Kurdish Vote
Post-referendum woes spark angry protests in Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraq War
As many as 11,000 dead in Mosul: Report
Kurds
Iraqi Kurdistan's Gorran party withdraws from government after protests
Kurdish Vote
Five dead as protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan for second day
Iraq War
Battle of Mosul: Countless dead and no help as US air war exacts heavy toll
Media
Arabic press review: Algerian football banner mocks Trump and Salman
Inside Iraq
Young Iraqis look beyond war: 'We have everything'
Inside Iraq
Top Shia cleric opposes disbanding of Iraq's Hashd militias
Iraq War
British troops breached conventions in Iraq, rules high court
Iraq War
Forever homeless? The forgotten Arabs of Sinjar
Iraq War
'They can't fight without us': Iraq's Shia-led groups refuse to down weapons