As Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa struggles to rebuild a fragile Syria, the foreign fighters in his own military are complicating his relations with Washington and could drag ...

Iraq is preparing to receive the body of Iran’s former supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, as part of funeral ceremonies that will span Iran and Iraq. The event is framed as a Shiite ...

Israel has no intention of staying permanently in southern Lebanon, but any withdrawal will depend on whether the Lebanese army can keep Hezbollah from returning to the border, Israel’s U.N.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...