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 lawmakers from Muqtada al-Sadr's bloc resign from parliament

US-Saudi Arabia relations

Biden says Israel's security and not oil prices key reason for any Saudi visit

Iraqi MPs from cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's bloc resign from parliament

Iranian press review: Iran-Turkey clashes in Syria 'highly likely', says ex-diplomat

Stolen antiquities trade fuelling conflicts across Middle East

How Iraq's Sinjar became a battleground between Turkey and Iran

British man jailed in Iraq for 15 years over antiquities smuggling

Iraqi security forces intercept microlight carrying one million Captagon pills

Five new archaeological finds in the Middle East you should know about

Fifty Islamic State fighters jailed in Syria returned to Iraq

Arabic press review: Saudi officer 'planning to smuggle' Captagon arrested in Lebanon

Two Turkish soldiers killed in operations in northern Iraq