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

INTERVIEW: Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry says UK has lost 'moral anchor'

US-backed Syrian forces ‘coordinating’ border security with Iraqi army

Sadr calls for Hashd al-Shaabi to disarm and not stand in elections

US agency to help Iraq recover from IS in spite of Trump aid cuts

Iraq and Iran sign Kirkuk oil swap agreement

Iraqi PM declares 'end of war against IS' in Iraq

ANALYSIS: Why Iraqi Kurds have been silent on Trump's Jerusalem move

Tens of thousands protest around globe against Trump's Jerusalem decision

Canadian Muslim woman buoyed after stranger halts hate attack

Russian air attacks kill 21 in Syria, as government boycotts Geneva

Hariri rescinds resignation, month after throwing Lebanon into crisis

'Reasonable basis' to believe UK soldiers committed war crimes in Iraq: ICC