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

Cyprus talks end with 'real progress' but no unification deal

David Cameron, former PM, visits Bahrain: Is he following Tony Blair’s lead?

Obama's legacy: Between caution, achievement and failure

Saudi unblocks military aid to Lebanon: Lebanese sources

World faces rising risk of conflict: US intelligence report

Cyprus peace talks try to break decades-old deadlock

US House rejects anti-settlement UN resolution in symbolic vote

If you thought 2016 was bad in the Middle East - brace yourself for 2017

Trita Parsi

Putin refuses to expel US diplomats and instead invites them to Kremlin party

Russia's Middle Eastern drive could dilute Europe's East-South divide

Kristina Kausch

Why the UK is on a collision course with the US for the first time in living memory

Peter Oborne

New UN chief says Syria peace is top concern