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 finance minister sacked amid corruption probe

UK needs 'grand strategy' to defeat IS, says report by MPs

The Islamic State’s European strategy

Omar Ashour

British soldier volunteers for war crimes trial over Iraqi's death

First families begin returning to homes in Iraq's war-torn Fallujah

Islamic State sex slave survivor appointed UN goodwill ambassador

US claims death of second IS propaganda chief in matter of weeks

MoD 'extremely sorry' for drowning of Iraqi teen during UK occupation

Kurds step up attacks as cold war with Iran threatens to spark

UK minister rejects Muslim Brotherhood inquiry was 'clumsy'

British ambassador to Saudi Arabia performs Hajj as Muslim convert

US admits recent Syria raids may have killed civilians