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

'I can't breathe': Forced removal of Afghan from UK may be unlawful

Qatar crisis: Coup attempts, the politics of revenge and the dream of becoming king

Jamal Elshayyal

Iran, the Qatar crisis, and the Syria strikes: The limits of strategic hedging

Maysam Behravesh

'Donald Trump betrayed us': US cracks down on Iraqi Christian immigrants

US shoots down armed drone in Syria, after Russian threats

Iran-backed Shia leader among Iraqi delegation to Saudi Arabia

Born in the 'Caliphate': The Iraqi children without a country

Iraqi army encircles Mosul's Old City amid fierce IS resistance

Iraq and Saudi Arabia announce 'quantum leap' in relations

ANALYSIS: Threat of war hangs over Kurdish independence vote

The booksellers of Baghdad: Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter among top titles

Iraq's Abadi visits Saudi at time of Gulf turmoil