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

Iraqi sources say a Turkish howitzer hit the Zakho resort. Ankara asks ‘Where’s the proof?’

UN report elevates al-Qaeda as top long-term global threat

Turkey denies carrying out deadly attack on north Iraq resort, amid mass protests

Eight killed by suspected Turkish shelling on popular tourist resort in Iraqi Kurdistan

Sadrists project strength in mass prayer - but the man himself is a no show

US lawmakers urge Biden to push back on Iraq's anti-normalisation law

Iraq political crisis

Muqtadr al-Sadr’s rivals fear mass demonstrations. His supporters do too

Alarm over proposed law banning homosexuality in Iraq

Nadhim Zahawi: From Jeffrey Archer's 'Lemon Kurd' to UK chancellor

Eid al-Adha: What is Qurbani? Why Muslims sacrifice livestock, explained

‘Reform’ is needed to end femicide and gender-based violence in the Middle East

Iraqi NGO demands answers from authorities after attack on human rights workshop