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 ...
The new commander of Iran’s Basij paramilitary security force is overhauling the organization to root out opponents of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei within the regime, expanding a network of ...
The Mecca Defense Alliance took a significant step toward becoming a formal regional security bloc this week, as Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan agreed to establish a permanent secretariat in ...
On the outskirts of Turmus Ayya, where the town thins out and homes become more exposed, stands the house of Palestinian American Samir Hamza. Its location, some distance from the center of town, ...
Gulf countries are facing mounting pressure to cut ties with Iran as Washington intensifies its effort to economically isolate Tehran through tougher sanctions. Although it remains unclear how ...
Egyptian and Chinese flags have proliferated along roads in Cairo and Giza, around Cairo International Airport and near the Grand Egyptian Museum in anticipation of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ...
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 ...
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces agreed to dissolve itself after the Syrian government said it would grant institutional roles to some of the military and political leaders of the ...
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 ...
Clashes have flared again in Syria’s southern Suweida province, marking the most serious escalation in months between government forces and Druze fighters who control most of the region. The ...
As the Houthis’ escalate their campaign in Yemen, Tareq Saleh, commander of the National Resistance Forces, has re-emerged after rumors of his death and declared himself ready to wage a “decisive ...