Iraq

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali: How one of Islam’s most revered figures still speaks to the modern world

The sanctity and security of Al-Aqsa is once again under threat, as it was during the lifetime of the great scholar

Iraqi parliament ‘to summon defence minister’ over alleged secret Israeli base

Iran taught me what love is. So if I die tomorrow, I have lived well

Ghazal Tanhaei

Iraq: Businessman Ali al-Zaidi nominated to become new prime minister

The real reason Iran and the US cannot end the war: Money

What the Iran-Iraq war taught today’s Iranian leaders - and why that matters

Mediators push US-Iran ceasefire extension as deal hopes fade

No ceasefire for Iran’s Kurdish opposition parties in exile

How Israel and the US are losing the broader battle against Iran

Feras Abu Helal

George Bush’s admission of his crimes in Iraq was no ‘gaffe’

Jonathan Cook

In pictures: Tourists trickle back to Iraq after decades of war

Iraq: Protesters force PM to leave funeral of national poet Muzaffar al-Nawab

Iraq sandstorms: The dual threat of climate change and bad governance

Ibrahim al-Marashi

George Bush calls Iraq invasion 'wholly unjustified and brutal' in blunder

Thousands hospitalised in Iraq as heavy sandstorm brings country to standstill

In pictures: Eighth sandstorm in two months envelops Iraq

Iraq political crisis

Iraq's Sadr bets on keeping PM Kadhimi and using political limbo to edge out rivals

Understanding the Middle East's passion for pomegranates

Three instruments you didn’t know came from the Middle East

Russia-Ukraine war

How Putin’s army fights like Islamic State in Ukraine

Omar Ashour

Yazidis flee 'again' as Iraqi army launches offensive on Sinjar armed group