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

Iraqi forces retake Mosul university from Islamic State

Battle for Mosul: Islamic State use hobby drones to bomb Iraqi forces, says US

The terror forecast for 2017

CJ Werleman

Myths and truth of Turkey's three-fronted war on terror

Ahmet Alioglu-al-Burai

Islamic State hits Baghdad market with deadly car bomb

Iraqi forces reach Tigris river in latest Mosul advance

Baghdad 'reaches deal' on Turkish forces in northern Iraq

Turkey and IS: Populism and the manipulation of terror have killed geopolitics

Taha Ozhan

Iraqi forces close in on strategic Mosul bridge in new advance

Egyptian singer Shaabola releases song supporting Iraqi militia

Saudi Human Rights

2017: A Saudi existential crisis

Madawi al-Rasheed

Battle for Mosul: US troops fighting near front lines as Iraqi offensive slows