Iraq

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

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Why the Mecca Agreement has given the UAE-Israel alliance the jitters

David Hearst

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

Iraq: Reconsidering the impact of global warming in Basra

Mélisande Genat

EU tells Iran to 'stop internal repression and Russia support' during nuclear talks

Iraq: Suspected militants kill eight civilians near Baghdad

Qatar World Cup 2022

The Middle East and the World Cup: 14 key moments for football

Iraq: At least nine police killed in Islamic State attack

US names assault ship after Iraq battle that killed hundreds of Iraqi civilians

Anti-war coalition presses US Congress to repeal 2002 Iraq war authorisation

Why Turkey is changing tactics in Syria and Iraq

Necdet Ozcelik

Goddess, priestess, queen: Six forgotten women who shaped ancient Mesopotamia

Arabic press review: Sudan to extradite 'convicted' Egyptian dissidents to Cairo

Iraq drafts law to ban LGBTQ+ publishing as Sadr tweets more homophobia

Iraq's 'theft of the century': Plotters targeted Chinese and Russian oil companies