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

Iran's defence minister says US should 'get out' of Middle East

Egypt and Saudi Arabia to build Red Sea link bridge

Turkey, Israel make progress towards normalising relations: Ankara

Lebanon is not in a political stalemate, the changes are too quick to grasp

Ibrahim Halawi

Netanyahu 'clears schedule' for Abbas meeting

Saudi, India to strengthen investment, 'counter-terrorism' ties

Erdogan 'saddened' by Obama's press freedom criticism

The entangled relationship between Europe and Islam

Basheer Nafi

Obama warns IS 'madmen' would gladly use nuclear weapons

US-Turkey gap more visible during Erdogan's visit to Washington

David Barchard

Algeria's Hezbollah stance 'reflects view on resistance, not terrorism'

Obama has no plans to meet Erdogan during Washington trip