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

German court sentences Iraqi preacher over Islamic State recruitment

Erbil attack a warning to Iraqi Kurds, not the US, say Shia commanders

Iraq: Alarm raised over free speech in Kurdistan after jailing of journalists

Rockets target Iraqi airbase near Baghdad after clashes with IS

Nato increases troop numbers in Iraq to combat threat from Islamic State

In pictures: Rare snowfall covers large parts of the Middle East

The untold tragedy of Iraq's Shia Turkmen women, abducted by Islamic State

Gaza Under Attack

Election of new ICC prosecutor raises questions for Israel war crimes probe

Iraq: Rocket attack targeting US military base kills contractor

US forces hit in Iraq rocket attack that kills contractor

Syria Kurds hand Iraq 100 alleged Islamic State fighters: Reports

Iraq: In first, four arrested over killing of anti-government protesters