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

Israel and Venezuela restore diplomatic relations after years of severed ties

Exclusive: Saudi Arabia opposed Egypt's inclusion in Mecca agreement, sources say

Saudi-UAE Tensions

Saudi defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan sparks UAE backlash

Why Egypt held back from joining Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan's defence pact

Israeli media eye Rebeca Grynspan's Jewish identity as she emerges as UN chief frontrunner

Turkey and Saudi Arabia's rocky relations: A brief history

What Pakistan's defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey means for the Middle East

Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign defence pact

UK hosts top Polisario official after backing Morocco’s Western Sahara plan

Macron introduces new French visa restrictions against Algeria

Will a new UK left party back mass movements or bow to the establishment?

John Rees

Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict

Armenia and Azerbaijan to ink peace memorandum under Trump mediation

As Arab rulers compromise, Israel continues its relentless expansion

Ussama Makdisi

Palestine state

France's recognition of Palestinian state: A 'symbolic' move with questionable effectiveness

Israeli ambassador to UAE being sent home over 'undignified' behaviour at bar: Report

EU courts Turkey as it overlooks Imamoglu's arrest

Israel's genocide in Gaza

'They want to die': US ramps up efforts to fault Hamas for collapse of ceasefire talks

Turkey eyes closer Egypt ties with crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood

Why Trump is trying to put his seal on an Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal

In a historic first, US sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese