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
Diplomacy
Dark clouds are gathering over the Red Sea for 2024
Marco Carnelos
Inside Iraq
US strikes Iran-aligned group in Iraq after attack on military base
Turkey At War
How did Turkey lose 12 soldiers to PKK in Iraq?
Inside Iraq
Turkey conducts air strikes in northern Iraq, Syria after 12 soldiers killed
Inside Iraq
Iraq: Six soldiers killed in attack on Turkish base
Inside Iraq
US drone strike kills five pro-Iran militants in Iraq
Film
The Dupes: A timeless story of Palestinians' pain and betrayal
Victoria Brittain
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Israel-Palestine war: Did we learn nothing from Iraq?
Huda al-Marashi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Israel-Palestine war: Has Biden lost control of Netanyahu?
David Hearst
Israel's genocide in Gaza
US ready for escalation on three fronts, says Blinken
Israel's genocide in Gaza
In pictures: Protests around the Muslim world and beyond
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Palestinian solidarity protests sweep across Middle East