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
Heritage
New archaeological discoveries in Iraq uncover questions of community ownership
Media
Israeli apartheid and Saudi arms sales: Twitter Blue descends into farce
Cop27
Climate change 'forcing half of youth' in Mena to reconsider having kids
Inside Iraq
US citizen shot dead in Baghdad in suspected kidnap attempt
Film
Netflix's Dubai Bling: Audience takes aim at 'cringey' reality TV show
Inside Iraq
Baghdad tanker blast kills ten people and injures more than 20
Iraq political crisis
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani: Who is Iraq's new prime minister?
Qassem Soleimani
New Call of Duty game includes mission to 'assassinate Qassem Soleimani'
Inside Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian wealth fund eyes $24bn investment in Arab states
Inside Iraq
Inside the Iranian plan to make Ammar al-Hakim Sadr's chief rival
Media
Arabic press review: Seven Palestinians die after refugee boat sinks near Tunisia
Iraq political crisis
How Iraq's politics have come full circle
Ibrahim al-Marashi