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 political crisis

Who are the main players in Iraq's political crisis?

As Iraq's political crisis deepens, US influence dwindles

Cold War 2.0: Can the Middle East carve a space between two blocs?

Marco Carnelos

Iraq: Authorities say rare Picasso painting found during drug bust

Iraqi women rally behind Enas Taleb over Economist 'fat' article scandal

Iraq political crisis

The plot whispers that set Iraq's crisis on fire

Gaza Under Attack

'She was preparing for pre-school': Five-year-old Palestinian killed by Israeli army mourned in Gaza

Iraq political crisis

Sadr seeks early Iraqi elections after 'very good' meeting with top UN envoy

Iraq political crisis

Iraq's Sadrists vow to continue parliament protests 'under Sadr's order'

Tehran asks Iraq to call on Saudis to release Iranian arrested during Hajj

Dutch police call for information on perpetrators of Islamic State crimes against Yazidis

Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda leader who oversaw group's decline and rise