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?

Arab youth turn back on democracy hopes of 2011, say life now harder: Survey

Iraq PM delivers new cabinet list, angering some MPs

Islamic State's capitals in Iraq and Syria 'must fall' in 2016: France

US combat troops in anti-IS Mosul offensive

What the Panama Papers tell us about terror and globalisation

CJ Werleman

Refugee reality: If the face doesn't fit, you're not coming in

'Terrorism is an urgent global security threat': G7 foreign ministers

Mosul family lives on hope alone in refugee camp

Brussels Attacks

Fresh arrests made over Brussels and Paris attacks

Retaking Mosul is 'top priority', says Kerry in first visit to Baghdad since 2014

Chinese drones: Cheap, lethal and flying in the Middle East

Fallujah civilians 'trapped and starving' as Iraq army besieges IS