Iraq

Afghanistan

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
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
War on Iran
Why are Kurdish groups in Iraq being attacked amid the US-Iran flare-up?
Islamic State
US Marine killed in IS rocket attack in northern Iraq
Syria War
Russian Syria withdrawal: Putin is the consummate political gambler
Scott Lucas
Inside Iraq
Thousands march on Baghdad's Green Zone protesting corruption
Islamic State
United States declares IS crimes 'genocide'
Iraq War
IS claims shooting down of Iraqi army plane near Kirkuk
Culture
Art and activism collide at Iraqi artefact exhibition in Toronto
Diplomacy
The failure of Obama's 'liberal realism'
James Snell
Turkey At War
Don't conflate PKK terrorism with the Kurdish people
Mehmet Solmaz
Refugees
'I'll kill myself before going back': Migrants in Greece vow to fight on
Islamic State
IS turning to child soldiers as desertions rise, US says
Islamic State
Kurdish forces capture American in IS-held north Iraq
Islamic State
Why the documents leak will send IS into crisis
Sharif Nashashibi