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

'The hour has struck': Iraq forces pound IS as Mosul battle begins

Islamic State at its height... and its decline

Military operation to retake Mosul has begun, Iraq PM says

In run-up to fight for Mosul, groups jostle for position in post-IS Iraq

Iraq drops leaflets over Mosul ahead of battle: Army

Baghdad bomb targeting Shia kills at least 34 people: Officials

US, Russia and allies meet to talk Syria, but with little hope of breakthrough

IS 'crushes Mosul coup attempt' as Iraqi forces close in

Iraqi forces threaten to attack Turkish troops as Mosul battle looms

Shia militia leader vows 'revenge for Hussein' in Mosul battle

Mosul facing largest single humanitarian crisis of year, says UN

Stop all intervention in Syria and let the people decide their future

Lindsey German