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?
Iraq War
Residents urged to give blood after scores killed by IS truck bomb in Iraq
Energy
Energy wars of attrition: The irony of oil abundance
Islamophobia
Pegida UK: Mainstreaming the far right with mums and prams
Myriam François
Iraq War
Battle for Iraq's Mosul: The mother of all build-ups
Islamic State
Poisonous war: Low-tech chemical rockets become growing IS threat
Iraq War
Iraq's Sadr didn't storm the Green Zone, but sent a clear message
Lars Hauch
Iraq War
IS kills scores in Iraq's worst truck-bombing attack this year
Refugees
'London or nothing': The jungle that always grows back
Refugees
Numbers of asylum seekers to Europe doubled in 2015
Islamic State
Islamic State 'storm trooper' jailed in Germany
Iraq War
Canada's changing mission in Iraq raises new questions
Inside Iraq
Engineers fear Mosul dam collapse could kill 'more than a million'