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

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

Missile attack causes fire at oil refinery in Iraq's Erbil

Iraq: Rockets target coalition troops, no casualties

The Turkey-EU migration agreement was effective. No longer

Ozan Serdaroglu

Peter Oborne wins award for opinion pieces on Boris Johnson leadership

British and German tourists detained in Iraq accused of smuggling antiquities

Iraq political crisis

Iran piles pressure on Iraq's Kurdish and Sunni leaders to crack Sadr's alliance