Kadugli did not choose to become a besieged city. Its position in the heart of South Kordofan placed it squarely within the war’s calculations, transforming the city into a geographic chokepoint ...

The process of forming a government in Iraq has reached a near dead end, after parliament failed for a second time to convene a session dedicated to electing a new president of the republic and ...

In this article, writer and broadcaster Ibrahim Essa raises a question about what he calls the “Salafi–Shiite alliance,” revealing a convergence between two schools of thought that are deeply ...

From time to time, Syrian authorities announce the foiling of attempts to smuggle weapons shipments into Lebanon, the most recent of which occurred in the al-Brij area of Syria’s Qalamoun region.

As part of efforts to expand and deepen regional cooperation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to arrive in Saudi Arabia tomorrow, before heading to Egypt on Wednesday. While the ...

Amid a strained Gulf climate, Kuwait found itself this week at the center of a lavish celebration offered by the United Arab Emirates. The question that hovered on the margins of this scene, ...

Welcome back to the MBN Agenda, our look at the events driving the news in the Middle East in the week to come. We start with Iran. This week’s Briefing takes you inside Washington as the Trump ...

Welcome back to the Friday Briefing, our weekly round-up of MBN’s best reporting that drove the news in the Middle East and ...

Welcome back to MBN’s weekly deep dive into Iran from the premier Arabic-first American news and commentary platform on the ...

As President Donald Trump weighs military action against Iran, the debate inside Washington is less about authorization than framing. A senior State Department official told MBN there is no clear ...

Turkey’s preparation for an Iran crisis is not only military. It is also geopolitical.  Ankara is now operating on the assumption that a U.S. military strike on Iran is a real possibility. It is ...

Washington is receiving sharply conflicting messages from Israel and Saudi Arabia as President Trump weighs military action against Iran. A former Gulf diplomat told MBN’s ...