Just two weeks after the U.S. President Donald Trump signed the U.S.-Iran memorandum, its consequences are resonating across the Middle East. Israel has agreed in principle to begin withdrawing ...

Welcome back to the MBN Iran Briefing. Starting today, the Monday briefings will be looking ahead at the coming week. I’ll be highlighting the major potential flashpoints and what to watch for.

After years of hesitation, Israel on Sunday formally recognized the Armenian genocide, likely ushering in more contentious chapter in its already sharply deteriorating relationship ...

Residents of Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone awoke before dawn on Sunday to an unusual sight in one of Iraq’s most secure neighborhoods. Military vehicles blocked entrances, ...

It did not take long for the road to Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport to return to being a central showcase for the political confrontation between Hezbollah and the Lebanese ...

In exile in Russia, Bashar al-Assad has offered little clue about how he understands his fall: as defeat, betrayal, or the price of a rule built on fear. Bashar al-Assad’s exile reportedly ...

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The regional rivalry between Turkey and Iran is nothing new. But it entered a new phase at the end of 2024, when the government of Bashar al-Assad collapsed at the hands of Turkish-backed ...

For Arab Gulf countries, the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran began with promises to topple a regime they had considered an enemy for decades. Three months later, the battered Shia clerical regime ...

A senior Iraqi government source told Alhurra that Washington has asked Baghdad to establish a clear timetable for bringing all weapons under state control and dismantling armed groups operating ...

For years, the Nile dispute revolved around dams, water allocations and a legal agreement that was never signed. Today, Cairo is increasingly viewing the river through a maritime lens as well.

Oil prices fell to pre-war levels. The Strait of Hormuz maritime traffic is carefully ramping up. Secretary of State Marco Rubio returned from his Gulf tour of reassuring wary Arab allies. There’s ...