Iraq

Diplomacy

Mecca Agreement: A Muslim Nato or yet another Baghdad Pact?

The Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani pact reinforces the US-run regional order that analysts claim it defies - which explains why Trump was so quick to bless it
Afghanistan
Five years after the fall of Kabul, 'war on terror' ghosts have come home
Moazzam Begg
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
Inside Iraq
Iraq: US dollar-smuggling crackdown leaves Baghdad struggling to pay wages
Inside Iraq
One dead and dozens injured at Iraq football stadium crush
Inside Iraq
Iraqi PM backs indefinite US troop presence in country: Report
Inside Iraq
Germany in talks with Iraq for gas imports
Heritage
David Graeber vs Yuval Harari: Exploding the myth of how civilisation began
Joe Gill
UK Politics
Qatar, Dubai speeches and Israel trips: Middle East donations to UK MPs
Human Rights
UK accused of 'hypocrisy' over Ukraine war crimes summit 20 years after Iraq invasion
British Royal Family
Prince Harry's Spare: Fighting for a 'Christian army', Muslim baby taunts and other takeaways
Inside Iraq
Iraq: New Year's fireworks and celebratory gunfire injure 150 people
Islamic State
Nearly 700 Islamic State operatives killed in 2022, US says
Media
Middle East Eye's picks of the year 2022
Christmas
Festive dabke and Santa 'Sahlab': Christmas in the Middle East