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

Meet the man who hasn’t had a sip of water in 27 years

Sadrists' deadly violence prompts fears for upcoming Iraqi elections

Air strike kills IRGC commander at Iraq-Syria border, Iraqi officials say

Closure of camp in Iraq's Kirkuk leaves displaced in despair

Rocket hits oil refinery in central Iraq, causing fire

Attack on protest camp leaves six dead, dozens wounded in Iraq's south

EXCLUSIVE: Iran tells Iraq factions ‘no attacks on US targets until Trump is gone’

British military operating in scores of locations across Middle East

Biden will not change policy towards Baghdad, Iraq's deputy prime minister says

Meet the Iraqi oud maker upholding his late father's legacy

Iraqi security forces killed in Islamic State attack, say police

UN experts warn 50 people face possible executions in Iraq after unfair trials