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

Israel's war on Lebanon

Exclusive: Iraqi groups say Israel fabricated deadly Golan drone attack

Iran-Israel tensions

How Biden's Israel policy led us to the brink of war with Iran

Medea Benjamin

Israel's war on Lebanon

Iraqi forces decide to keep out of Israel’s battles with Hezbollah and Iran

Iran-Israel tensions

Why hasn't Iran retaliated against Israel?

Hamid Dabashi

Israel's war on Lebanon

Hezbollah's fatal mistake was to believe Israel was bound by the rules of war

Marco Carnelos

Israel's war on Lebanon

Israeli strikes hit Lebanon, Gaza and Syria, as Houthis fire missile at Tel Aviv

Israel's war on Lebanon

Heavy Israeli strikes rock southern Lebanon as Hezbollah rockets hit Haifa

Corridors of Power: BBC series calls for more US global meddling

Imran Mulla

Head of Iraq's anti-corruption body under investigation for corruption

Iranian Kurdish groups nervous as Pezeshkian visits Iraq for security talks

US and Iraq agree on plan to withdraw US troops: Report

Iraq cracks down on lottery-based suicide sect that has seen dozens of deaths