We have seen this before: brothers committing murders together just as they once shared childhood — like the Tsarnaev brothers in the Boston Marathon bombing. We have also seen married couples who ...

After the change in Syria’s political leadership, Damascus and Baghdad have kept diplomatic channels open between them, although the latter has not removed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa from ...

For nearly four decades, Egyptian-Iranian relations have existed in a gray zone. At various points, contacts between Cairo and Tehran have taken place, but they never rose to a level of “normal” ...

On December 13, 2025, an Islamic State gunman carried out an attack in Palmyra, in central Syria, killing two U.S. soldiers and a translator. The attack took place at the entrance to a facility ...

As the year draws to a close, Lebanon is entering a delicate phase in which efforts to confine weapons to state authority north of the Litani River have moved to the forefront of political and ...

The biggest and most followed events of 2025 were the region’s wars: Iran-Israel, Gaza, Sudan and Yemen. Our audience certainly followed them, but a closer look at the most popular stories on our ...

Welcome back to the MBN Iran Briefing, a new offering from the premier Arabic-first American news and commentary platform about the Middle East.. This week, we look at the seven moments and themes ...

Averting a potential Israeli escalation was not the sole focus of Egypt’s recent diplomatic engagements with Lebanon. Cairo has also moved to open the door to economic cooperation with Beirut ...

The international presence in southern Lebanon has entered a countdown phase, as United Nations peacekeeping forces (UNIFIL) begin reducing their troop levels. A quarter of the force has been ...

Tuesday, December 23, 2025 Welcome back to MBN Agenda, from the premier Arabic-first, American-funded news and commentary platform. Today, the scholar of Islam and MBN Columnist Mustafa Akyol ...

Sudan’s Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visited Riyadh on Monday, where he met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. While full details of the visit were not officially ...

Shortly before leaving Virginia for Beirut over the holidays, a colleague asked me a question that has quietly resurfaced in Washington policy circles: Is Lebanon better off at the end of this ...