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

Erdogan says Iraqi Kurdish authorities 'will pay price' for vote, blames Mossad

Last international flight leaves from Erbil as travel ban imposed by Baghdad

'Disgusting': Iraqi paper depicts Kurdistan as woman facing rape

Islamic State releases purported audio clip of leader Baghdadi

Raqqa in ruins: Brutal fight against IS leaves city destroyed

Rights watchdog condemns abuse in Iraq's anti-IS hunt

Turkey stops training Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga after independence vote

Iran makes cautious moves to oppose Kurdish independence drive

Mahan Abedin

Iraqi Kurds overwhelmingly back independence in referendum

Assad and allies target the YPG: The marriage of convenience hits a wall

Kareem Chehayeb

All international flights to Erbil to end Friday, says airport chief

ANALYSIS: Tanks or no tanks, Erdogan faces pressure at home over Kurd vote