Iraq

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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
Afghanistan
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Moazzam Begg
War on Iran
Iran promises to resist interference by foreign 'enemies' as Trump threatens new sanctions
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Why the Mecca Agreement has given the UAE-Israel alliance the jitters
David Hearst
War on Iran
Iran warns enemies to 'anticipate strategic surprises' as it shifts from a defensive stance
War on Iran
How a pragmatic axis could reshape the Middle East
Marco Carnelos
Kurds
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
Inside UAE
Has the UAE's meteoric rise reached its limit?
Ahmed Mawlana
War on Iran
US-Saudi strikes test Iraq's balancing act between Riyadh and Tehran
Inside Iraq
Jack Letts appeals for repatriations from Iraq in 'out of the blue' phone call to parents
Haniyeh killing
How will the 'Axis of Resistance' respond to the killing of Ismail Haniyeh?
Inside Iraq
Almost 50,000 Pakistani pilgrims disappeared in Iraq, says minister
US Elections 2024
JD Vance could be president in four years. This is bad news for the Middle East
Marco Carnelos
Gaza Under Attack
Israelis should abandon Netanyahu's sinking ship. He's lost
David Hearst
PKK
Turkey steps up pressure on PUK's Bafel Talabani over alleged PKK ties
Inside Iraq
US shrugs off Baghdad's bid to broker Turkey-Syria talks
US Elections 2024
JD Vance: Trump's anti-Iraq war, pro-Israel vice presidential running mate
Inside Iraq
Iraq rocked by another summer of power cuts and protests amid searing heat
Diplomacy
Biden and Trump: The mad and bad of a decaying American empire
Joe Gill
Islamic State
Iraq: Bodies of 139 likely Islamic State victims recovered from mass grave
US Elections 2024
Middle East reacts to Donald Trump assassination attempt
Syria War
Putin opposes Iraq as venue for Erdogan-Assad meeting