Iraq

What the internet looks like: Underwater cables in the Middle East

Modern communications rely on submarine fibre-optic cables which carry more than 95 percent of all voice and data transmissions. The Middle East and North Africa region is central to this network

Iraq: Civilian contractor dies in rocket attack on base hosting US troops

Iraq: Hundreds protest in solidarity with Nasiriyah demonstrations

Turkey and Iran summon envoys, escalating Iraq row

Israel blames Iran for explosion on Israeli-owned ship after 'initial assessment'

US lawmakers question legality of Biden's air strikes in Syria

Protesters killed in clashes with security forces in Iraq's Nasiriyah

Iran-backed Iraqi factions seeking de-escalation after US attack

US air strike targets pro-Iran fighters in Syria

Biden launches deadly air strikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria

Pope's visit to Iraq will send message of coexistence, says Iraqi president

German court sentences Iraqi preacher over Islamic State recruitment

Erbil attack a warning to Iraqi Kurds, not the US, say Shia commanders

Iraq: Alarm raised over free speech in Kurdistan after jailing of journalists

Rockets target Iraqi airbase near Baghdad after clashes with IS

Nato increases troop numbers in Iraq to combat threat from Islamic State

In pictures: Rare snowfall covers large parts of the Middle East

The untold tragedy of Iraq's Shia Turkmen women abducted by Islamic State

Iraq: Rocket attack targeting US military base kills contractor

Gaza Under Attack

Election of new ICC prosecutor raises questions for Israel war crimes probe

US forces hit in Iraq rocket attack that kills contractor