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
Battle for Mosul: Iraqi forces retake train station, once a major rail hub
Iraq War
Mosul's desecrated museum: 'IS smashed up our history'
Media
The 'rehabilitation' of George W Bush
Robert Grenier
Iraq War
Battle for Mosul: Iraq forces face tough resistance in advance on old city
Crime
Terrorism: A history of violence
Islamic State
Now is the time for James Mattis to ignore Trump's advice on Syria
Robert Grenier
Turkey Politics
An Iraqi Kurd flag flies in Istanbul, and may help Erdogan win power poll
Syria War
Former al-Qaeda group claims Damascus pilgrim bombing
Iraq War
Iraq paramilitaries say mass grave of hundreds found near Mosul
Iraq War
Mosul burns as IS resorts to scorched earth tactics in retreat
Iraq War
Iraq forces advance in Mosul as IS resistance 'weakens'
Iraq War
IS must be tackled in Africa and Syria after Mosul: Iraqi minister