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

How Israel is using Iraq's Kurdistan as a launchpad to attack Iran

Richard Silverstein

Iranian press review: Russian diplomat warns Tehran 'not to be tricked by the West'

France, EU and India opposed creation of UN day to combat Islamophobia

Will the Ukraine war accelerate US withdrawal from Middle East?

Marco Carnelos

Erbil missile strike a response to Israeli sabotage of Iran drone factory, say sources

Iran says US has to take decision to revive nuclear deal

Iranian Revolutionary Guard claims responsibility for missile attack on Iraq's Erbil

Multiple ballistic missiles strike Iraq's Erbil

Baghdadi's brother reportedly picked as new Islamic State leader

Protests rock Iraq’s southern region as food prices rise

Demi Lovato claims to have bought ancient Egyptian artefacts. Experts aren't so sure

Iranian press review: New IRGC underground drone base unveiled