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

EXCLUSIVE: Iran-backed groups agree to suspend attacks on US forces in Iraq

Sisi's visit to Iraq highlights challenges for new Arab alliance

Pro-Iran militias attack US base in Syria following weekend air strikes

US defends air strikes in Iraq and Syria, as Iran-backed groups vow revenge

US Supreme Court rejects defence contractor's Abu Ghraib torture appeal

'This is untenable': US says foreign IS fighters need to be repatriated from Syria and Iraq

Iraq condemns US air strikes on Iran-backed militias on Syria border

Sisi lands in Iraq, the first Egyptian presidential visit in decades

Explosive drones hit Erbil as Hashd al-Shaabi parade

EXCLUSIVE: Iraqi soldiers killed dozens in attack on 2019 Baghdad protest

A massacre and a cover-up: How Baghdad protesters were gunned down by Iraqi forces

Syria war: Inside the world of HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani