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

Iraq shoots down Turkish drone over Kirkuk

Israel's genocide in Gaza

How Israeli genocide in Gaza exposed the West's liberal delusion

The US, not China, is threatening the rules-based world order

Marco Carnelos

Why Syria will always be the heartland of Eastern Christianity

Kamal Alam

Turkish drone kills two Kurdish journalists in northern Iraq, officials say

Iraq summons UK diplomat over comments painting 'bleak image' of country

Turkey-Syria relations: Will Erdogan and Assad reconcile?

Bassam Barabandi

Protests across Iraq against 'sectarian' law that may allow child marriage

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Israel has created its own Abu Ghraib - and the world is silent

Lubna Masarwa

Labour's anti-migrant rhetoric fuelled 'toxic atmosphere’ in UK riots, campaigners say

Women in Iraq condemn 'sectarian' draft bill that could legitimise child marriage