Two Iran-aligned armed factions operating in Iraq have signaled a willingness to compromise over the future of their weapons but are still refusing to hand them over to the state, according to ...
The 9/11 attacks did not merely transform borders, foreign policy, and the relationship between security and freedom. They altered the tense in which power operates. The law was supposed to punish ...
Mohammed Ali was 20 years old when he sat in front of his television in Baghdad on Sept. 11, 2001, watching the news unfold from half a world away. He had little interest in what was happening in ...
On a morning that began like any ordinary day 25 years ago, the face of the world changed within hours. Planes hijacked by members of al-Qaeda headed toward their targets, turning towering ...
Jordan has spent years investing in the Palestinian Authority and its chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Amman has supported the PA as the institutional anchor of Palestinian political legitimacy while ...
Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN) is the premier, Arabic-first language source of news and commentary connecting the Middle East and the United States. Our flagship brand, Alhurra, delivers ...
Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN) is the premier, Arabic-first language source of news and commentary connecting the Middle East and the United States. Our flagship brand, Alhurra, delivers ...
For decades, Hamas’ tunnel network has been one of the most important elements of its campaign against Israel. But it wasn’t until the Oct. 7 war that the vastness and sophistication of the ...
Welcome back to the MBN Iran Briefing. You can read it in Arabic here, and check out MBN’s flagship Arabic-language Alhurra news platform (also in English). If you were forwarded the MBN Iran ...
Tehran signaled that it could sanction ships that pass through a new “restricted zone” extending from the Strait of Hormuz to an area blockaded by the U.S., although military analysts in the U.S.
Iraqi officials often insist that the Popular Mobilization Forces are an integral part of the country’s national security apparatus. They point to a 2016 law passed by Iraq’s Parliament that ...
The Trump administration says Syria’s new government has done enough in opposing ISIS, Iran and Hezbollah to justify ending the country’s 47-year terrorism designation, as Washington tries to ...