France's President Emmanuel Macron, right, and TotalEnergies chairman and chief executive Patrick Pouyanne at the Elysee Palace in Paris on September 14. AFP

ExclusiveFrance's TotalEnergies seeks stake in consortium to build Syrian-Iraqi pipeline

Exclusive: US and Qatari companies to be joined by French oil giant to invest in alternatives to Strait of Hormuz

Europe

Iraqi Prime Minister seeks support in France to ease pressure on oil exports

Europe

Iraq investigates deadly ammonia gas leak at Basra factory

MENA

Simultaneous attacks by Iran-backed groups point to renewed proxy alignment

MENA

In Iraq's south, a poet's childhood home becomes a bridge to a disappearing past

MENA

Weekend EssayThe Middle East is trapped in a post-9/11 world, 25 years on

Comment

Iraq to get new air defence systems as coalition mission ends

MENA
A US Navy E-2D Hawkeye command and control aircraft lands on the USS George Washington aircraft carrier in the Middle East. Centcom

AnalysisUS remains anchored to the Middle East and trapped in a conflict cycle

Costs continue to accumulate from America's wars after September 11

US

AnalysisUS air-defence exit leaves Iraq exposed

MENA

Iraq boosts oil capacity to three million bpd amid Strait of Hormuz attacks

Energy

Iraqi militia leader pressed to explain 2019 mass killing of protesters

MENA

UAE condemns Iran's 'hostile attacks' across region

Gulf

Today's cartoonShadi's take on financial rewards for corruption whistleblowers in Iraq

Cartoon

US approves $800 million helicopter sale to Iraq

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Iran's attacks were 'a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of brotherly nations'. Chris Whiteoak / The National

UAE condemns Iran's 'hostile attacks' across region

Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Iraqi Kurdistan are hit in latest strikes, while two Filipino crew are killed in Hormuz supertanker attack

Gulf

Today's cartoonShadi's take on financial rewards for corruption whistleblowers in Iraq

Cartoon

US approves $800 million helicopter sale to Iraq

MENA

Iraq to put thousands of ISIS suspects transferred from Syria on trial

MENA

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