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
Politics
September 11, version 16.0
Belen Fernandez
Inside Iraq
Car bomb kills three in Iraq's Kirkuk before Kurdish vote
Iraq War
Iraq forces seize IS outpost ahead of Euphrates push
Kurdish Vote
US announces opposition to Iraqi Kurdish independence referendum
Refugees
Iraqi immigrants detained in US go on hunger strike
Kurdish Vote
Iraq's Kurdish parliament overwhelmingly backs independence referendum
Religion
Lalish: Ancient Yazidi spiritual site in Iraq where locals enjoy peace
Iraq War
Death toll rises to 84 in deadliest IS attack in Iraq since fall of Mosul
Arms Trade
Turkey's Russian missile deal: Part politics, part need, part US apathy
Kurds
Iraqi MPs vote to sack Kirkuk governor as Kurdish referendum nears
Kurds
Why Iranian Kurds have been resistant to the regional turmoil - so far
Islamic State
Netherlands strips four suspected foreign fighters of citizenship