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

Does Albania have an America problem?

Belen Fernandez

Iraq admits abuses committed against Mosul civilians

VIDEO: Girl seen lifted into air by tornado hitting Iraq refugee camp

Iraq seeks Britain's help to investigate Islamic State crimes

Turkey warns Iraqi Kurdish referendum risks 'civil war'

US slams Middle East allies in 'religious freedom' report

Saudi Arabia and Iraq to reopen border crossing after 27 years

Salman meets al-Sadr: Saudi Arabia in search of an Iraqi Shia nationalist

Madawi al-Rasheed

IS claims deadly attack on US forces in northern Iraq

IS comes from modern reality, not seventh-century theology

Jad Bouharoun

Migrants call for freedom from Greek detention centres: 'I was forgotten here'

Iraqi Shia leader Sadr visits UAE, boosts ties with Sunni states