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

Saudi-Hezbollah meeting secured Yemen ceasefire and Hadi resignation

Iraq PM visits Saudi Arabia and Iran in bid to revive talks between two sides

Iraq political crisis

Iraq: Parliament confirms resignations of Muqtada al-Sadr's MPs

Damascus, Tripoli and Algiers are least liveable cities in the world, says study

Why a US war with Iran would be a catastrophe

Assal Rad

Iraq political crisis

Iraq: Muqtada al-Sadr blames 'Iran's proxies' for withdrawal from parliament

Iraq political crisis

Once again, Muqtada al-Sadr stirs up the entire Iraqi political system

Akeel Abbas

Iraq political crisis

How doomed deal with Barzani led to Muqtada al-Sadr’s downfall

As Bush jokes about war, I walk among the ruins of Baghdad

Nabil Salih

'Not your decision': Kurdish refugees in UK fear for future after avoiding Rwanda flights

Inside the diverse Arab community of New Jersey

Iraq political crisis

Withdrawal of Sadr's MPs confusing and confounding, say opponents