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

Top US commander calls Mosul civilian deaths 'tragedy' as strikes paused

Monsters of war: Iraqi forces face IS suicide bulldozers in Mosul

After Mosul: The coming break-up of Iraq and end of the Middle East

Mosul: 'The worst is yet to come,' says UN as 400,000 trapped

Trump versus Islamic State: Three questions US president still needs to answer

Matthew Ayton

Bring on the protests, America

Shenaz Kermalli

When Mosul falls: Iraq may win the war, but risks losing the peace

Battle for Raqqa: Final fight to begin in coming days, says French minister

Fallujah and Ramadi: Where liberation from IS comes at a price

Seized and held in Afghan jail for 10 years, UK hears victims' case in secret

Dead in the water: IS launches doomed raids across Mosul river

Power, corruption and lies: Iraqi women battle for recognition