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?

Abdullah, the king who rules Jordan 'by remote control', says dissident

Self-deception: The Arab rulers' gift to the West

Ahmed Meiloud

Britain's forgotten army of Muslims fighting in WWI

Iraqi PM vows revenge after IS chemical attack kills 3-year-old

ANALYSIS: US secretly backs federal future, say Syria's Kurds

Britain sends more troops to train Iraqis fighting IS

Paris attackers listed in leaked IS files: German media

How Syria's Assad gave rise to one of the most senior IS leaders

Kyle Orton

US air strikes target IS chemical weapons facilities

What if the world's most dangerous man gets to lead the world's mightiest military?

CJ Werleman

US commandos capture head of IS chemical weapons unit

Top 10 most useless passports? Half are from the Middle East