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

The Kurdish independence genie is well and truly out of the bottle

Crispin Blunt

Iraq MPs back sending troops to Kirkuk, as airlines suspend flights to Erbil

Iranian Kurds march in support of independence vote in northern Iraq

Iraq gives Kurdistan three days to hand over control of airports to avoid embargo

Erdogan threatens Kurds with hunger as Turkey and Iraq begin border drills

Turkish and Iraqi troops stage joint exercise after Kurd vote

The Kurdish referendum: Dream of independence and fear of dictatorship

Dr Choman Hardi

'Bye bye Iraq': Erbil celebrates as polls close in Kurdish independence vote

'We can arrive any night': Erdogan warns Iraqi Kurds of invasion

Iraqi Kurds vote on independence, amid threats from Baghdad and neighbours

Alqosh, Christian village on faultline of Iraq and Kurdistan

Kirkuk centre of attention as Kurds go to polls to vote on independence