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

Iraqi activists hopeful in French legal case against former PM Abdul Mahdi

UK says it bombed Islamic State fighters in Iraqi mountains last month

EXCLUSIVE: US agrees to staged withdrawal of forces from Iraq, says negotiator

Iraqi paramilitaries feel the heat as Kadhimi steps up moves against them

Arrests among Iraqi Kurdish LGBTQ+ community sparks fierce debate

In pictures: Christians mark Easter in the Middle East

In pictures: Cockfighting in Iraq's Kurdistan

Two rockets strike close to Iraq air base hosting US soldiers

Zaha Hadid: Remembering the Iraqi-born ‘star’ architect five years after her passing

Ramadan 2021: Will the Covid-19 pandemic impact the Muslim fasting month?

In south Iraq, political murders are dismissed as 'personal' to quash investigations

'Like a mini hell': IS assassins stalk Syria's Al-Hol camp