Iraq

Iraqi parliament passes amendment criminalising LGBTQ activity

Addition to anti-prostitution law means same-sex activity could lead to up to 15 years in prison

Who is Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - and why does he matter?

Iran-Israel tensions

Only a grand bargain in the Middle East can avert regional war

Seyed Hossein Mousavian

Iran-Israel tensions

How Iranian attacks on Israel redefined the Middle East conflict landscape

Omar Ashour

Two Iraqis accused over Islamic State's Yazidi genocide arrested in Germany

Top Iraqi militant leader killed in Islamic State attack in Syria

Biden and Trump are two sides of the same murderous coin

Hamid Dabashi

Moscow attack: Will Russia and Turkey intensify the fight against IS-K?

Levent Kemal

Stranded Iraqi mother sues American government for denying her entry to US

Israel's war on Gaza

US senators demand strikes on Iran after deadly drone attack on troops in Jordan

Iraq: 'Unlawful' mass executions resuming, warns rights group

How Grant Shapps exposed Britain's grand imperial delusions

John Rees

Israel ICJ case

Why did Arab states not join South Africa's case against Israel in the ICJ?

Feras Abu Helal

Israel's war on Gaza

'Playground of choice': Iran mobilises to drive US troops out of Iraq

Israel's war on Gaza

Red Sea attacks: Can the US and Iran avoid a broader conflict?

Shahir Shahidsaless

Israel's war on Gaza

Iraq: Baghdad recalls Iran ambassador after deadly attacks in Kurdistan region

Turkey bombs 'terrorist targets' in Iraq and Syria

Israel's war on Gaza

'Incomplete': 100 days into Gaza war Biden fails to achieve basic policy goals

Israel's war on Gaza

War on Gaza: 100 days on, a regional catastrophe looms

David Hearst

Iraq had world's largest number of internet shutdowns in 2023 due to exam cheating

Israel's war on Gaza

Only the US can stop a regional war by reining in Israel

Seyed Hossein Mousavian