Erdogan, Istanbul rival lock horns over ‘crazy canal’
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's dream project of building a canal in Istanbul to rival those at Suez and Panama has turned into a political...
Saudi Arabia hosts sports events in order to improve its tarnished image
Saudi Arabia's hosting of the Dakar Rally this month is just the latest international sporting event to take place in the kingdom as part...
United States vs Iran on Iraqi soil
Pro-Iran protesters dug in outside the US embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday, throwing rocks and burning US flags a day after making a dramatic...
Israel without Benjamin Netanyahu?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday asked parliament for immunity, weeks after the embattled premier was indicted on a range of corruption charges....
2019 saw defiance and protests: How would 2020 be any different?
Opinion | Like 2019, the new year and perhaps the new decade is likely to be pockmarked by popular protest, particularly in the Middle East...
Pro-Iran protesters dig in outside US embassy in Baghdad
Pro-Iran protesters dug in outside the US embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday, throwing rocks and burning US flags a day after making a dramatic...
Iran fights to push US out of Iraq
Iraq's complex security infrastructure includes tens of thousands of fighters in units trained and armed by its powerful neighbour Iran, with some ties going...
2019: A momentous year for Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs
Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi made crucial foreign visits mainly to draw support of friends for the ailing economy...
US embassy in Iraq stormed by protestors infuriated over recent American airstrikes on Iraqi soil
The recent violation of Iraqi sovereignty by U.S. air strikes on Iraqi soil, in response to the killing of an American civilian contractor in...
US and Saudi Arabia: allies in a war against Iran and Iraq
Saudi Arabia voiced "great concern" Tuesday over attacks against American forces in Iraq, which Washington has blamed on pro-Iran factions, state media reported. "Saudi Arabia...
Iraq suffering in the crossfire of US-Iran conflict
Opinion | The “precision defensive strikes” by the United States at five targets of Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia in Iraq and Syria on Sunday night...
US-Iraq relations since 2003
Here are key dates in the relations between the United States and Iraq, after Washington carried out retaliatory airstrikes against a pro-Iran group sparking...