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
Islamic State
Saddam Hussein's 'grandson': Only Turkey can enter Mosul
Trump
Trump mends fences with CIA: ‘We have to get rid of ISIS’
Iraq War
IS blows up Mosul hotel as Iraq prepares to attack western bank of Tigris
Trump
Trump makes eradicating 'radical terror groups' his top foreign policy priority
Syria War
Islamic State group lost quarter of its territory in 2016: Monitor
Politics
Obama: American dream, Arab nightmare
CJ Werleman
Refugees
Refugee winter crisis: Serbia accused of illegal mass deportations
Islamic State
Top Iraq commander announces 'liberation' of east Mosul
Inside Iraq
Iraqi former vice president accuses Iran of links with al-Qaeda
Borders
Middle East passports: Where does yours rank?
Trump
The Middle East and Donald Trump: What he thinks about Israel, Iran and Syria
Iraq War
Iraq forces retake 'Jonah's tomb' bombed by IS in Mosul