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

Why global conflict is no longer unthinkable

Joe Gill

Turkey wants to develop Gulf relations 'without distinction', says Erdogan

Macron announces Saudi-French initiative to solve crisis with Lebanon

UAE places largest ever order of French Rafale fighter jets

EXCLUSIVE: Iran demands lifting of all sanctions as nuclear talks get off to rocky start

Israel Aerospace Industries makes a $22m weapons deal with Morocco

UAE releases Turkish businessman after more than three years in custody

UAE banned Ghani from engaging in Afghan politics, says Taliban official

Britain and Israel to sign 10-year trade and defence deal

France files a complaint for breach of defence secrecy after Egypt leak

UAE to invest $10bn in Turkey after landmark visit

UAE's embrace of Syria aims to weaken Iranian influence, experts say