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
Recipes
How to make Iraqi grilled fish | Dine & Discover
Inside Iraq
Artist returns colour and hope to Iraq’s Mosul
Qassem Soleimani
Thousands mark first death anniversary of Qassem Soleimani
Media
Julian Assange should not be extradited to US, UK court rules
Energy
Iraq secures $2bn from Chinese firm in prepaid oil deal
Qassem Soleimani
Angry vigils mark death anniversary of Soleimani and Muhandis in Iraq
Qassem Soleimani
Soleimani's shadow: How the general's death upended Iranian strategy in Iraq
Iran Tensions
Iran accuses Trump of plotting 'pretext for war' with B-52 deployment
Media
Protests, a pandemic and Palestinian mothers: Middle East Eye's picks of 2020
Inside Iraq
US sends armoured vehicles to Iraq ahead of Soleimani assassination anniversary
US Politics
'An affront to justice': UN experts chide Trump pardon of Blackwater war criminals
Variety
MEE's 2020 quiz: How much can you remember from this year to forget?