Iraq

Iran nuclear

Thousands of Iraqis volunteer to defend Iran against US attack

Iraqis pledge to defend both their country and Iran as tensions with US escalate
Iran protests
Trump's plan to force Iran to surrender is a fatal error
David Hearst
Iran protests
Why are some Iranians boycotting Huda Beauty?
Inside Iraq
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
Inside Iran
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
Kurds
Turkey and the PKK: Who is Abdullah Ocalan?
PKK
Ocalan orders the PKK to dissolve in a historic statement
PKK
Ocalan to urge PKK to disarm this week, say sources
Human Rights
Are Arab dissidents facing a new wave of repression?
Syria after Assad
Syria after Assad: How to rebuild from the ashes of war 
Ahmet Davutoglu
Syria after Assad
How Syrian mutinies and betrayal sunk Iran's support for Assad
Inside Iraq
Quran burning activist Salwan Momika found dead in Sweden
Inside Iraq
Iraq: Revised 'sectarian' law that raised fears over child marriage passed without vote
Climate change
Algeria records highest temperatures in 2024 as global warming breaches 1.5C
Real Talk
‘If you’re an Arab journalist, you’re political’: Western media & Gaza | Hind Hassan
France
Jean-Marie Le Pen, who brought French far right into the mainstream, dies at 96
Syria after Assad
Israel’s attacks on Syria threaten regional stability and will ultimately backfire
Ali Bakir