Iraq

Diplomacy

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
Five years after the fall of Kabul, 'war on terror' ghosts have come home
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
Iraq War
Iraqi PM hails end of 'Daesh state' with capture of Mosul mosque from IS
Muslim Ban
US sets criteria for visa applicants from six Muslim countries
Islamic State
IS destroys Mosul mosque where Baghdadi declared 'caliphate'
Islamic State
Islamic State turned on dissenters as Raqqa assault neared
Migration
US judge suspends deportation of Iraqis nationwide
Gulf Tensions
Authoritarian absurdity and the Gulf's new 'normal'
Galip Dalay
Iraq War
Iraqi troops free civilians amid house-to-house fighting in Mosul's Old City
Iraq War
French journalist dies days after being wounded in Mosul blast
Eid
Mosul celebrates first Eid without Islamic State since 2014
Syria War
ANALYSIS: US plays a dangerous game in southern Syria
Iraq War
Hell on earth: Mosul civilians flee as IS makes last stand
Iraq War
Turning kids into killers: Mosul’s lost generation of Islamic State fighters