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

Turkey: 13 hostages executed in northern Iraq, 48 PKK militants killed

Three Turkish soldiers killed in Iraq after anti-PKK operation launched

Biden supports repatriating foreign nationals from Syria, says US diplomat

Yazidi community bury 104 members massacred by Islamic State

Mass funeral in Iraq of Yazidi victims of Islamic State brings back grim memories

In Basra, fake Covid PCR tests allow Iraqis to fly without negative result

Islamic State regrouping in northern Iraq and relying on women operatives

Private school offers free education for children working in Basra’s streets

Arabic press review: Parental violence against children on the rise in Iraq

REVEALED: How Kadhimi seized power by accusing Iraq’s spymaster of foreign loyalties

Islamic State ‘deputy caliph’ killed in Iraq, PM Kadhimi says

Basra ready to host sporting events as Iraq beats rival Kuwait in football friendly