Middle East


Iranian attacks on Iraq's Kurdistan aim to transform Iraq into buffer zone, spread war - analysis

Still from a video purporting to show an Iranian drone launch, released by Iran August 31, 2026.

Iraqi militias raise new conditions for disarmament, Iraq takes 'wait-and-see' approach - analysis

Mourners attend the funeral of Haider al-Moussawi, head of the security unit in the Shi'ite armed group Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, and senior Hezbollah figure Abu Ali Khalil, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tehran, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 22, 2025.

Saudi Arabia names women diplomat Manal Radwan as special envoy for peace efforts

Dr Manal Radwan at the Med-Gulf Summit 2026.