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
Culture
‘Art transcends conflict’: Texas artists take on artefact trafficking
Inside Iraq
VIDEO: The moment an IS fighter surrenders to the Kurdish Peshmerga
Germany
Germany in biggest crackdown against Islamist groups since 2001
Kurds
Welcome aboard: Turbulent times for Kurdistan's first airline
Inside Israel
The Israeli spies left out in the cold
Yossi Melman
Iraq War
Rare suicide attack south of Baghdad kills 8, say officials
Iraq War
Iraqi forces tighten noose around Mosul as Kurds capture Bashiqa
Islamic State
Nimrud: Iraqi forces retake ancient city razed by Islamic State
Iraq War
Iraqi Kurds destroyed Arab homes and villages in north Iraq: HRW
Iraq War
Iraq troops vow to tighten noose around Islamic State in Mosul
Iraq War
Islamic State uses wooden tanks and bearded mannequins in decoy attempts
Iraq War
Iraq forces make gains in Mosul amid heavy fighting, suicide car bombs