Iraq

Five years after the fall of Kabul, 'war on terror' ghosts have come home

From Bagram to Camp Bucca, the West's brutal carceral laboratories inadvertently forged the leaderships that would ultimately dismantle its imperial presence

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

Why are Kurdish groups in Iraq being attacked amid the US-Iran flare-up?

Saudi Human Rights

Behind the Saudi ambassador's scuffle in Baghdad

Mustafa Salama

Why Hillary's neocon foreign policy will make the problem of Islamophobia worse

Arun Kundnani

3D printers help defy UK visa restrictions for Middle Eastern sculptors

Iraqi militia arms depot hit as deadly explosions rock Baghdad

Iraq PM Abadi reportedly calls Houthi delegation 'representative of Yemen'

Refugees: 'A quick death in Syria, a slow death in Europe'

Iraqi Sunni militia groups 'recruiting refugee children to fight IS'

What Eisenhower could teach Obama about fighting IS in Mosul

Gareth Browne

Why al-Qaeda, not IS, will win the longer war

Mohamed Okda

Iranian soldiers: Why we are fighting in Syria

Three reasons why Kurdish statehood remains a distant dream

Lars Hauch

Turkish jets bomb PKK targets in northern Iraq: State media