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

Four German women, one teenager, who joined Islamic State held in Iraq

Iran, Iraq sign deals to increase military cooperation

The final nail in the coffin of the Arab order

Basheer Nafi

Iraqi forces recapture village south of Mosul from IS: Police

Mosul execution site found as Iraqi forces accused of abuse

US officials dismiss claims Qatar gave $1bn ransom to al-Qaeda

The final defeat of IS in Mosul? Not by a long shot

Hassan Abu Haniyeh

Germany checks identity of young IS 'fighter' captured in Mosul

Battle for Mosul: Iraqi troops prowl ruins for IS militants

Qassem Soleimani: IRGC's star commander a useful counterweight to Rouhani

Mahan Abedin

IS leader Baghdadi almost certainly alive, says Kurd official

UK public may have greater say in length of terror-related sentences