Lebanon faces today one of its most dangerous political and security thresholds in years. The threat of a new war is no longer confined to diplomatic warnings. It has evolved into mounting Israeli ...
Under the bright lights of Beverly Hills, I steered my car south toward San Diego, California. It was a journey I had long dreamed of taking, though I never imagined it would be motivated by a ...
Dear Colleagues, Predictions of the Iranian regime’s collapse go back decades. In one instance, an Egyptian scholar argued ...
Welcome back to the MBN Friday Briefing, our weekly round-up of our best stories that drove the news in the Middle East. You’ve seen one country dominating headlines this week: Iran. The massive ...
The source had only a few moments to write down his account until he lost access to the internet. He had contacted me from northeastern Iran. He told me how officials in Mashhad, the country’s ...
The U.S. decision was neither incidental nor disconnected from broader regional developments. As the war in Gaza reshaped political and security calculations across the Middle East, the Treasury ...
Like many countries around the world, Gulf states are closely monitoring developments in Iran. But their concern goes further, reflecting deep anxiety about the potential repercussions of any ...
In Yemen, Saudi Arabia appears to have gained the upper hand in its confrontation with allies of the United Arab Emirates, bolstering the position of the internationally recognized government in ...
Welcome back to the MBN Iran Briefing, a new offering from the premier Arabic-first American news and commentary platform about the Middle East. It’s day 19 of the protests that began with ...
Nearly two weeks ago, on Dec. 28, Iranians launched a new wave of anti-regime protest that has yet to subside. Unlike previous generations of protestors, those taking to the streets today are not ...
Death to the dictator … death to Khamenei” were among the chants heard in the broad streets of Mashhad, in northeastern Iran, during the popular protests that have swept the country in recent ...
If I were Khamenei, I would sleep poorly these days. Not because of guilt – tyranny is rarely burdened by scruples – but because fear, once a visitor, quickly becomes an obsessive, clingy ...