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

Islamic State's ongoing Kirkuk offensive kills 46, diverts attention from Mosul

US, Turkey to work closely to deal IS 'lasting defeat': US defence secretary

Victory in Mosul is almost certain. So is the crisis that will follow

Tania Ildefonso Ocampos

Kirkuk hit by wave of suicide bombs and fighting in IS counter-attack

Mosul offensive: Suicide bombers, scorched fields and adrenaline

'Refugees are IS in disguise': Bulgarian militia hunts migrants

VIDEO: IS myths in Mosul

The liberation that awaits Mosul

David Hearst

Kurdish peshmerga forces open new front in battle for Mosul

Turkish ultranationalists issue call to arms to fight in Mosul

IS leaders flee Mosul as Iraqi forces close in

Battle of Mosul: Iraq's militias 'not seeking revenge' despite fear of abuses