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

Qassem Soleimani

Two shot in Iraq in protest at Soleimani memorial service

Petition to remove Tony Blair's knighthood passes one million signatures

Sweden and France launch joint team to prosecute IS fighters over crimes against Yazidis

Qassem Soleimani

Iran seeks to prosecute 127 overseas suspects over Qassem Soleimani killing

Iraqis 'disgusted' at knighthood being offered to war architect Tony Blair

Drone attack on US forces foiled west of Baghdad

Qassem Soleimani

Qassem Soleimani's assassination has backfired on the US and Israel

Marco Carnelos

Tony Blair's knighthood sparks petition calling for its withdrawal

Qassem Soleimani

Thousands rally in Iraq to mark 2020 killing of Iran general Qassem Soleimani

Iraq Elections 2021

At a lunch in Najaf, Muqtada al-Sadr tries to divide and conquer

Poverty, displacement and 300 storms: How 'climate violence' threatens Iraq

Safaa Khalaf

Middle East Eye's picks of the year 2021