Iraq

Diplomacy

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
Afghanistan
Five years after the fall of Kabul, 'war on terror' ghosts have come home
Moazzam Begg
War on Iran
Iran promises to resist interference by foreign 'enemies' as Trump threatens new sanctions
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Why the Mecca Agreement has given the UAE-Israel alliance the jitters
David Hearst
War on Iran
Iran warns enemies to 'anticipate strategic surprises' as it shifts from a defensive stance
War on Iran
How a pragmatic axis could reshape the Middle East
Marco Carnelos
Kurds
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
Inside UAE
Has the UAE's meteoric rise reached its limit?
Ahmed Mawlana
War on Iran
US-Saudi strikes test Iraq's balancing act between Riyadh and Tehran
Inside Iraq
Jack Letts appeals for repatriations from Iraq in 'out of the blue' phone call to parents
Russia-Ukraine war
In the Ukraine crisis, the West sees its chance for redemption over Iraq
Andrew Hammond
Russia-Ukraine war
Putin's efforts to woo Middle East have been brutally rebuffed over Ukraine
Jonathan Steele
Russia-Ukraine war
Lithuania: Refugees held for months in migrant camps decry ‘prison-like’ conditions
Russia-Ukraine war
How soaring oil prices caused by the Russian invasion will be felt in the Middle East
Refugees
Hundreds of Iraqi refugees return home from Syria
Russia-Ukraine war
Western media coverage of ‘civilised’ Ukrainian refugees criticised
Russia-Ukraine war
How the Middle East could struggle to put bread on the table after the Russia-Ukraine war
Russia-Ukraine war
'Blonde hair blue eyes': Western media criticised for racist coverage of invasion
Religion
India hijab ban: Targeting of Muslim women condemned across the Middle East
Russia-Ukraine war
Thousands of Arab students stranded in Ukraine as Russia attacks
LGBTQ+
LGBTQ+ Iraqis seeking refuge in Lithuania fleeing persecution at home
Energy
Iraqi Kurdish gas to Turkey? Easier said than done