Iraq

Return of US diplomats to Middle East seen as reducing risk of return to war

The Trump administration faced growing uncertainty about staffing embassies and consulates

Iran promises to resist interference by foreign 'enemies' as Trump threatens new sanctions

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Why the Mecca Agreement has given the UAE-Israel alliance the jitters

David Hearst

Iran warns enemies to 'anticipate strategic surprises' as it shifts from a defensive stance

How a pragmatic axis could reshape the Middle East

Marco Carnelos

Turkey's cross party Kurdish peace coalition makes history with PKK clemency law

Inside Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco reports bumper profits as it bypasses Strait of Hormuz

Has the UAE's meteoric rise reached its limit?

Ahmed Mawlana

US-Saudi strikes test Iraq's balancing act between Riyadh and Tehran

Jack Letts appeals for repatriations from Iraq in 'out of the blue' phone call to parents

Why are Kurdish groups in Iraq being attacked amid the US-Iran flare-up?

Turkey urges Iran to halt attacks on Kurdish groups

Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr condemns attacks by pro-Iranian factions on Saudi Arabia

Iraq calls urgent security meeting after US and Saudi attacks

With US troops departing, Iraq looks beyond balancing Washington and Tehran

Lindsey Graham's legacy: Relentless warmongering dressed in folksy charm

Ammiel Alcalay

How Israel's dream of being the Middle East's trade hub is unravelling

Ahmed Alqarout

From Syria to UAE, the race to bypass Strait of Hormuz is on

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Will Burnham liberate Labour's Palestine policy from Starmer's dead hand?

Avi Shlaim

Iran war: Trump must change course now to avoid another Vietnam

David Hearst

Ed Miliband, the new UK foreign secretary, on Israel, Iraq, Syria and Iran