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
Iraq War
Iraqi firefighters battle to tame Islamic State oil well blazes
Islamic State
Islamic State’s militant training of children revealed in French book
Iraq War
Iraqis claim IS fighters drove them 'like sheep' to use as human shields
Inside Iraq
Teachers clash with Iraqi security forces in protests over unpaid salaries
Iraq War
Battle for Mosul: Shia-led fighters sever key IS cross-border supply route
Iraq War
New suspected IS mass grave found near Mosul
Iraq War
On the road to Mosul: Iraqi Kurds seize IS-held town of Bashiqa
Iraq War
Iraq's oil contracts make joining OPEC output cut more painful
Iraq War
A helping hand to female victims of IS atrocities
Iraq War
IS-claimed car bomb at wedding kills dozens in Iraq
Iraq War
Dozens dead in Iraq car bombing targeting wedding
Iraq War
Mosul latest: Iraqi militias take Tal Afar air base