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?

Iraqis mourn Karrada amid anger at political establishment

Nazli Tarzi

Pentagon chief in Baghdad for talks on IS fight

Islamic State territory shrinks 12 percent since beginning of year

NATO to use surveillance planes against Islamic State

Iraq army seizes key airbase south of Mosul from Islamic State

WATCH: Caretaker 'ensured' safety of Iraqi shrine - just before deadly blast

Five ways Tony Blair could be punished for Iraq

35 killed in Iraqi Shia shrine attack, days after Baghdad blast

UN blames Iraq Shia militia for abductions and beheadings in Fallujah

Syria opposition says US has 'handed control' of crisis to Russia

Britain risked scores of civilian lives to target 'Chemical Ali' in Basra

Baghdad bombing toll rises to 292, scores of whom remain unidentified