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
UK Politics
How Grant Shapps exposed Britain's grand imperial delusions
John Rees
Israel ICJ case
Why did Arab states not join South Africa's case against Israel in the ICJ?
Feras Abu Helal
Israel's genocide in Gaza
'Playground of choice': Iran mobilises to drive US troops out of Iraq
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Red Sea attacks: Can the US and Iran avoid a broader conflict?
Shahir Shahidsaless
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Iraq: Baghdad recalls Iran ambassador after deadly attacks in Kurdistan region
Turkey At War
Turkey bombs 'terrorist targets' in Iraq and Syria
Israel's genocide in Gaza
'Incomplete': 100 days into Gaza war Biden fails to achieve basic policy goals
Israel's genocide in Gaza
War on Gaza: 100 days on, a regional catastrophe looms
David Hearst
Technology
Iraq had world's largest number of internet shutdowns in 2023 due to exam cheating
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Only the US can stop a regional war by reining in Israel
Seyed Hossein Mousavian
Inside Iraq
Iraq: PM says government to start process of removing US-led forces
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Iraq: Drone strike in Baghdad kills top Iran-backed militia official