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

Iraq world’s second-deadliest country for journalists in 2020, report finds

Qassem Soleimani

Nasrallah says he feared for Soleimani’s life prior to assassination

Ilhan Omar slams Trump's Blackwater pardons as 'disgrace to our country'

Iraqi activist kidnapped and tortured in new wave of violence

Iraq's central bank under investigation for alleged money laundering

Trump warns of retaliation after attacks on US embassy in Baghdad

Iranian press review: UN watchdog chief's remarks spark anger in Tehran

Trump pardons four Blackwater contractors convicted of 2007 massacre in Iraq

How to make Palestinian maqluba | Dine & Discover

Failure to prosecute British war crimes in Iraq exposes ICC's own failings

Moazzam Begg

Iraqi female rights activist receives Frontline Defenders Award

Arab Spring 2.0: Five lessons from 2011 for today's protesters