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
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Israel is dragging the US into a future regional war
David Hearst
Islamophobia
UK extremism: Michael Gove is turning British Muslims into an enemy within
Peter Oborne
Islamic State
Turkish female Islamic State members held in Iraq ask to be tried in Turkey
PKK
Turkey to launch Iraq military campaign to secure road-rail project to Gulf
Inside Iraq
Iraq repatriates 625 people from Syria camp
Religion
Ramadan 2024: When does the holy month start and why do Muslims fast?
UK Politics
George Galloway: The Rochdale MP and his Middle East history
Israel's genocide in Gaza
War on Gaza: Why Arab states are failing the Palestinian people
Ussama Makdisi
Inside Iraq
Iran commander requested Iraqi armed groups pause attacks on US targets
Israel's genocide in Gaza
War on Gaza: Why I resigned from my European crisis-response role
Omar Ahmed
Israel's genocide in Gaza
US used notorious 'bladed' missile to kill Kataib Hezbollah commander in Baghdad: Report
Israel's genocide in Gaza
War on Gaza: US must end its occupation of the Middle East
Medea Benjamin