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

Lebanon and Yemen the top priorities in Saudi-Iranian talks

Five wounded in rocket attack on Iraq base hosting Americans

Iran and Saudi Arabia held direct talks in Baghdad to repair rivalry: Report

Egyptian architects win competition to restore Mosul mosque

Iraq: Deadly Baghdad blast was not intentional, say security sources

Egyptian architects win bid to rebuild Iraq's Great Mosque of al-Nuri

US warns pandemic could push some Middle East countries to collapse

Iraq pressing US to agree on troop withdrawal timetable as tensions escalate

'Dangerous escalation': Drone attack targets US forces at Kurdish Iraq's Erbil airport

Iraq draft law places undue limits on the right to protest

Ramzi Kaiss

Beat the heat: how to make refreshing mint lemonade

Girlhood interrupted: Palestinian sisters face challenges of daily life in village under threat