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
Migration
Syrian and Iraqi Christians living in US reflect on their homeland
Iraq War
IS claims Baghdad bomb blasts that killed scores
Iraq War
IS claims attack on police station in Iraq's Samarra
Inside Iraq
In Iraq, Hollande says IS battle prevents attacks at home
Iraq War
Central Baghdad market blasts kill dozens
Iraq War
Hollande to visit French troops in Iraq on Monday
Culture
New Year's revellers defy terror alerts to welcome in 2017
Iraq War
Iraq says 60% of eastern Mosul has been captured from Islamic State
Iraq War
Islamic State attack near Najaf kills seven police
Diplomacy
If you thought 2016 was bad in the Middle East - brace yourself for 2017
Trita Parsi
Iraq War
Battle for Mosul: Iraqi forces face Islamic State car bombs, fierce resistance
Politics
Cameron's record of Middle Eastern disasters rules him out of top NATO job
Peter Oborne