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

Iraq Elections 2021

As Sadr seeks full control, Maliki woos his bruised opponents

Five ways people in the Middle East ward off the 'evil eye'

Palestinian olives and Egyptian mangoes: The crops climate change threatens

Iraq Elections 2021

Rising star seeks to break grip of big families on Iraqi Kurdish politics

In pictures: Saving Iraq's last Jewish tomb

Facebook's Arabic language gaps leading to content suppression: Report

UAE arrests journalist over comments made off-air before football match

Climate crisis: 15 ways that the Middle East is under threat

Arabic press review: Billions of dollars for military in Morocco and Algeria

Who is Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq’s influential kingmaker?

Colin Powell: A terrorising legacy of global domination

Hamid Dabashi

Iraq Elections 2021

Iran-backed groups rally in Baghdad against early results