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

Jordan border crossing with Iraq to reopen in major boost to ties

Iraq angered by transfer of IS militants from Lebanese border to east Syria

The decline of IS in Libya and the Levant is a worry for Tunisia

Rhiannon Smith and Lachlan Wilson

It is naive for Arabs to count on a president like Trump

Basheer Nafi

Baghdad car bombs kill 11, as Iraq forces prepare to declare victory in Tal Afar

PKK confirms capture of two Turkish spies in Iraq

ANALYSIS: Turkey seeks Iran 'alliance' against Kurds as US pull wanes

Invading Afrin: The missing piece of Turkey's Syria strategy

David Barchard

France pledges multi-million loan to help Iraqi economy

Iraq forces recapture Tal Afar centre, citadel from IS

Forbidden pleasures: Inside the Mosul shop selling everything IS banned

Mosul's bloodbath: 'We killed everyone - IS, men, women, children'