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

'Now we're warring between ourselves': In Iraq, Kurdish turmoil turns inward

Anti-IS forces converge on Syria border town

Haider al-Abadi, the 'weak and sluggish' man who rose to tower over Iraq

Twin assaults see IS territory crumbling in Iraq and Syria

More than 2,500 civilians died in battle for Mosul: UN report

Kurds offer joint border control as Iraq threatens to resume offensive

Baghdad threatens to resume military operations against Kurds

Could Barzani's resignation mark the end of family rule in Kurdistan?

Bahra Saleh

Kurdish Peshmerga helped IS members flee Hawija, Iraqi officers claim

Yazidis in Canada: Refugees find safety but face challenges

Iraq to pay Kurdish Peshmerga and civil servants, says PM Abadi

'He was my friend': Iraqi pilots hunt for fallen comrades in IS killing fields