Iraq

Politics

Across the Middle East, non-state armed groups are down but not out

Despite recent geopolitical shifts, the underlying drivers of militancy - from occupation to foreign intervention - remain deeply entrenched
Diplomacy
Iraqis campaign to ban visit by Syria's Ahmad al-Sharaa over al-Qaeda past
Gaza Under Attack
Why Hamas will not surrender
David Hearst
Inside Iraq
Iraq's Halabja declared a new governorate
Human Rights
Global executions hit decade high, with majority in the Middle East
Energy
Oil prices crumble as Saudi Arabia throws in the towel on restricting supply
Israel's war on Gaza
War on Gaza: My son was born into a world on fire
Shaimaa al-Durra
Economy
The losers and worse losers of Trump’s tariffs on the Middle East and North Africa
Inside Iraq
How Iraq’s Islamic State captives became a lucrative ransom trade
Economy
How BlackRock and an Italian shipping dynasty are upending Middle East's port business
Politics
Is this the dawn of a new era in the Middle East?
Christopher Phillips
PKK
Turkey steps up pressure on PUK's Bafel Talabani over alleged PKK ties
Inside Iraq
US shrugs off Baghdad's bid to broker Turkey-Syria talks
US Elections 2024
JD Vance: Trump's anti-Iraq war, pro-Israel vice presidential running mate
Inside Iraq
Iraq rocked by another summer of power cuts and protests amid searing heat
Diplomacy
Biden and Trump: The mad and bad of a decaying American empire
Joe Gill
Islamic State
Iraq: Bodies of 139 likely Islamic State victims recovered from mass grave
US Elections 2024
Middle East reacts to Donald Trump assassination attempt
Syria War
Putin opposes Iraq as venue for Erdogan-Assad meeting
PKK
PKK establishes drone workshops to fend off Turkish operations in Iraq
Gaza Under Attack
How Hamas lured Israel into a lethal trap
David Hearst
UK Elections 2024
UK election 2024: What do the parties' manifestos say about the Middle East?
Occupation
Is Israel going the way of the Crusaders?