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
Human Rights
UN chief calls on states to prosecute foreign fighters, not kill them
Diplomacy
Saudi Arabia warns it will not tolerate 'aggression' by Iran
Kurdish Vote
Top Iraq court rules Kurdish referendum unconstitutional
Iraq War
Iraqi forces take last IS-held town in the country
Islamic State
The hunt for rogue IS fighters in Iraq's vast desert
Diplomacy
What do the tweets of British diplomats tell us about UK Middle East policy?
Peter Oborne
Kurds
Iraqi Kurds accept court decision to ban secession from Baghdad
Environment
Hundreds killed in strong earthquake along Iraq-Iran border
Inside Iraq
'I would go tomorrow': Inside Kirkuk after the changeover
Syria War
Islamic State retakes Syrian town where report placed leader Baghdadi
Iraq War
Iraq forces launch assault on last IS-held pocket
Religion
Millions mark key Shia commemoration in Iraq holy city