Iraq

Diplomacy

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
Afghanistan
Five years after the fall of Kabul, 'war on terror' ghosts have come home
Moazzam Begg
War on Iran
Iran promises to resist interference by foreign 'enemies' as Trump threatens new sanctions
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Why the Mecca Agreement has given the UAE-Israel alliance the jitters
David Hearst
War on Iran
Iran warns enemies to 'anticipate strategic surprises' as it shifts from a defensive stance
War on Iran
How a pragmatic axis could reshape the Middle East
Marco Carnelos
Kurds
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
Inside UAE
Has the UAE's meteoric rise reached its limit?
Ahmed Mawlana
War on Iran
US-Saudi strikes test Iraq's balancing act between Riyadh and Tehran
Inside Iraq
Jack Letts appeals for repatriations from Iraq in 'out of the blue' phone call to parents
Energy
Iraq reactivates cheap oil export agreement with Jordan
Heritage
The British cemetery home to Middle East poets, politicians and princes
Inside Iraq
US charges British national with bribery scheme to obtain Iraq contracts
Kurds
Iraqi Kurdish parliament presidency files defamation lawsuit against poet
Environment
Date growing crisis in Iraq's 'black land'
Inside Iraq
Eleven Iraqi fighters killed in IS attack: Security sources
Inside Iraq
Iraq's Kadhimi responds to Baghdad attack by sacking security officials
Inside Iraq
Islamic State claim responsibility for deadly attack in Baghdad
Inside Iraq
More than 30 people killed in Baghdad suicide attack
Inside Iraq
Iraq's draft cybercrime law puts free speech in grave danger
Ramzi Kaiss
Inside Iraq
Twin suicide attacks kill 32 people in central Baghdad market
Inside Iraq
Iraqi militia launches Hebrew site 'to counter Israeli media'