Iraq

Israel normalisation deals

Majority of Arabs oppose normalisation with Israel, pan-Arab survey finds

More than a quarter of Arabs see Israel as the greatest threat to the region

What western 'experts' mean when they predict Iran's collapse

Sami Al-Arian

Thousands of Iraqis volunteer to defend Iran against US attack

Trump's plan to force Iran to surrender is a fatal error

David Hearst

Possible return of Iraq's Maliki stirs spectres of past chaos and Trump threats

Iran-Israel tensions

Iran's battle for survival is the Arab world's fight too

David Hearst

US-Iran Tensions

Iran-aligned militias threaten retaliatory strikes, but will they follow through?

Syria after Assad

Baghdad says it will prosecute Islamic State detainees transferred from Syria

Syria after Assad

Syria after Assad: How the YPG's separatist dream finally died

Ali Bakir

US threatened to block Iraq from its Federal Reserve deposits over Iran-aligned politicians

International law

How the US system of world dominance is consuming itself

Soumaya Ghannoushi

Venezuela crisis

13 instances when the US brought about regime change

Israel's genocide in Gaza

International law died in Gaza. Why is the world mourning it in Greenland?

Soumaya Ghannoushi

Venezuela crisis

With Maduro's abduction, the 'rules-based world order' is officially dead

Marco Carnelos

By standing up to Abu Dhabi, Riyadh could reshape the Middle East

David Hearst

Yemen war: Is a new order emerging in the Red Sea?

Taqadum al-Khatib

Venezuela crisis

Venezuela extends the lesson of Gaza into the western hemisphere

Sami Al-Arian

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Gaza is an early warning. Will the world heed it?

Ammiel Alcalay

Arrogance, hubris and ideology: How 2025 capped a quarter century of US failures

David Hearst

Iraqis left without power after Iran 'entirely' halts gas exports