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

When is Eid al-Fitr 2022? Here's everything you need to know about the celebration

Eid al-Fitr: Six different ways to say Eid Mubarak

Turkey plans to end PKK access to Iraqi border with new offensive

Veteran British tour guide trapped in Baghdad hospital following smuggling accusations

Iraq political crisis

How foreign powers are being sucked into Iraq’s political stalemate

Turkish military targets 'PKK's heartland in Iraq' in new ground operation

In pictures: Easter celebrations marked in the Middle East

Russia-Ukraine war

The foreign volunteers who went from fighting Islamic State to aiding Ukraine

Five Ramadan desserts from around the world

'Cruel and inhuman': UK to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

Like the toppling of Saddam's statue in Iraq, Putin needs a fake 'victory' in Ukraine

Ibrahim al-Marashi

Russia-Ukraine war

When it comes to war crimes, Britain looks the other way

David Hearst