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

Iraqi PM hails 'great victory' over Islamic State in Mosul

Islamic State vows Mosul 'fight to death' as Iraq says victory is imminent

Battle for Mosul: The terrifying final push against Islamic State

EU says fall of Mosul 'decisive' step against terrorism

IS militants slain trying to flee Mosul

Iraqi Kurds admit independence could take years after vote

First Syrian refugees arrive in France under deal with Christian NGOs

Kurdish independence will spread fear across region, says Iraqi minister

July 3: The end of one revolution and the start of another

David Hearst

Up to 20,000 civilians trapped in Mosul amid Islamic State's last stand

Author Muhsin al-Ramli: 'This is Iraq: it was and will be troubled'

The Qatar crisis: Welcome to the liquid Middle East

Eduard Soler i Lecha