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

Escape from Mosul: Liberation, desperation, interrogation

Meeting Leonard Cohen: How I kept darkness at bay in Middle East war zones and beyond

Hadani Ditmars

Mosul pipeline hit, cutting water for 650,000 people

British MPs to launch new attempt to pursue Tony Blair over Iraq war

Baghdadi's hostility toward Turkey and the Brotherhood is all about democracy

Azzam Tamimi

Controversial Iraqi militias now part of army after parliament vote

'I did it for money': Islamic State cell leader tells of attack on Kirkuk

Iran demands 'resolute' action by Baghdad after pilgrim buses attack

Opting out of human rights laws could increase military abuses

Ahmed Twaij

Islamic State truck bomb in Iraq sows carnage among Shia pilgrims

The Islamic State and the media: A symbiotic relationship

CJ Werleman

As Islamic State rejoices over Trump, Obama must strike back while he still can

Jason Pack