Iraq

Environment

How drought and oil expansion are eroding livelihoods in Iraq's Hawizeh Marshes

As the Unesco-protected wetlands dry up, residents who have long depended on this fragile ecosystem are being pushed out
Inside Iraq
Can Baghdad finally resolve the crisis in Sinjar?
War on Iran
Oman calls for Gulf, Iraq and Iran to unite under one security pact
War on Iran
'Escalation is coming': Middle East on edge as new Israeli-US attack on Iran looms
Inside Israel
Netanyahu map shows RSF 'friendly' to Israel and UAE, backing for separatist movements
War on Iran
Iraqi Kurds suggest peace process between Iran and Iranian Kurdish opposition
War on Iran
Turkey is hailing an 'Islamic Nato' it can neither afford nor deliver
Osman Sert
War on Iran
Iran will not trade its nuclear insurance policy for worthless American promises
Ali Naghieh
Economy
War in the Middle East is deepening global inequality, IMF says
Economy
The resilience of the world economy is built on illusion - it's time the West woke up
Marco Carnelos
Yemen War
Houthi forces warn against use of Saudi airports following Riyadh attack
Islamic State
Iraqi Kurdistan votes to send fighters to Kobane
Islamic State
Islamic State militants return to besiege Iraq's Mount Sinjar
Iraq War
US investing in junk armies
Islamic State
Kobane almost clear of Islamic State, as reports claim group flies jets over Syria
Syria War
Turkey at odds with the West over Syria
Islamic State
UN Security Council urges helping Iraq forces
Islamic State
What could possibly go wrong in the war on IS?
Iraq War
Iraq MPs approve defence, interior ministers
Iraq War
Iraq makes 'positive' security steps as violence rages
Islamic State
Turkey to allow Peshmerga, not PKK, to enter Kobane
Islamic State
Bombs strike heart of Baghdad and Karbala in Iraq
US-led coalition seeks new plans to counter Islamic State