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

Iraqi Shia armed factions reportedly resolve disputes ahead of elections

IS attempting to manufacture weaponised drones: Report

Mosul residents brave Islamic State death threats to flee city

800 crimes against German refugee shelters so far this year

US will not back militias in fight for Iraq's Mosul

US expects IS militants to use chemical weapons in fight for Mosul

A Syrian-American and Iranian-American’s message to their community about Syria

Adham Sahloul and Dina Yazdani

Ankara joins air raids on Mosul as Iraqis protest Turkish role

Iraqi government urged to prevent sectarian reprisals in Mosul battle

The greatest threat to democracy? The myth that it is inevitable

Wael Haddara

Reports of mass executions in Mosul as IS crushes second rebellion in a week

Assad may take Aleppo – but then he faces a war against the victors

Mona Alami