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
Kurdish Vote
Kurd peshmerga block Mosul roads fearing Iraqi attack
Diplomacy
Saudi airline to offer first flights to Iraq in 27 years
Kurdish Vote
Kurdistan says Iraqi forces 'preparing major attack' in Kirkuk region
Kurdish Vote
Iraq court orders arrest of Kurd referendum organisers
Kurds
Baghdad seeks to take control of Kurdistan-based mobile networks
Iraq War
'Tal Afar is now for Shia': Sunnis fear bleak future on Iraq's sectarian faultline
Syria War
Russia accuses US of pretending to fight IS in Syria and Iraq
Inside Iraq
Kurdistan 'healing garden' aims to help Iraqis deal with trauma
Inside Iraq
Row breaks out in Iraq over Kurdish flag on Talabani coffin
Iraq War
Iraq-Syria border set for last big assault on IS, says US general
Kurds
Jalal Talabani laid to rest in coffin draped in Kurdish flag
Islamic State
New programme recruits Americans to fight against IS