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 ...
For two decades, the Middle East has haunted American strategy. Every administration arrives promising focus elsewhere, then gets pulled back by the region’s gravity: war, energy chokepoints, ...
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 ...
In Washington, the mood around Syria has turned unexpectedly hopeful. The fall of Bashar al-Assad has opened what many officials see as a rare political reset: a chance for a new leader, Ahmad ...
Merry Christmas! This warm greeting will echo around the world these days among the largest religious community on earth: Christians. Many will exchange gifts, enjoy festive lights and decorated ...
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 ...
There is perhaps no term that has been manipulated, exploited, and abused as extensively as Islamophobia. The question is: is there truly Islamophobia in the West? I don’t live in the West, but as ...
When China’s Belt and Road Initiative was unveiled in 2013, it was sold as a grand connective vision: ports and pipelines, highways and industrial corridors, binding Eurasia together with Chinese ...
Hassan did not hesitate to turn to one of the well-known institutions in his community to seek a small loan after the latest war between Hezbollah and Israel. His home was damaged, his income ...
My son did not commit any crime. He is simply a political activist who speaks about people’s rights and their concerns. But the court sentenced him to three years in prison,” the father of Iraqi ...
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