Iraq

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

'Escalation is coming': Middle East on edge as new Israeli-US attack on Iran looms

Netanyahu map shows RSF 'friendly' to Israel and UAE, backing for separatist movements

Iraqi Kurds suggest peace process between Iran and Iranian Kurdish opposition

Turkey is hailing an 'Islamic Nato' it can neither afford nor deliver

Osman Sert

Iran will not trade its nuclear insurance policy for worthless American promises

Ali Naghieh

War in the Middle East is deepening global inequality, IMF says

The resilience of the world economy is built on illusion - it's time the West woke up

Marco Carnelos

Houthi forces warn against use of Saudi airports following Riyadh attack

Iraqi Kurdistan to vote on independence 'within months'

Fear and resolve mingle in Baghdad

Iraq parliament session collapses amid calls for Maliki exit

Saudi Arabia pledges $500 million to Iraq

Militants sell oil from captured Iraqi regions, as price hike predicted

The Islamic State and the cultural destruction of Iraq

Hadani Ditmars

The caliphate returns - or does it?

Gwynne Dyer

'Caliph' calls for holy war, urges professionals to join Islamic State

IS seizes key Syria town on Iraq border

Kerry: Syrian opposition 'very important' in settling Iraq unrest

Iraq army, Shiite militias 'extrajudicially executed' Sunni detainees

In Jordan, views are mixed on ISIL