The fractures within Iraq’s Shiite-led Coordination Framework are beginning to spill into public view following the parliamentary vote on Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s government, in a development ...

The Trump administration has moved beyond ideological debate in its approach to the Muslim Brotherhood, placing the issue at the center of its 2026 counterterrorism and national security strategy.

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Welcome back to the MBN Iran Briefing. The ceasefire that began on Apr. 8 has now lasted longer than the war that preceded it ...

Since the outbreak of military confrontation between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other in late February, Gulf economies have faced mounting strain from turmoil in ...

A Lebanese government source told Alhurra that the “next phase will include measures and decisions targeting institutions tied to Hezbollah’s financial network,” signaling that U.S.-mediated talks ...

In March, at the height of the war between Iran, the United States, and Israel, many feared Tehran would trigger a devastating wave of terrorist attacks in the West. More than two months later, ...

Iraq’s parliament voted Thursday to approve the government of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, passing 14 ministries out of a proposed 23, with the remaining cabinet posts to be voted on at a later ...

President Donald Trump arrives in Beijing this week for the first state visit of his second term, without a ceasefire, a nuclear framework, or a Hormuz agreement in hand. He comes having just ...

Tehran is speaking about the Strait of Hormuz as a broader maritime arena, not a narrow waterway, for testing the limits of power and deterrence in the Gulf. In a move that appeared closer to a ...

As fighting continues between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, another kind of battle has erupted within the paramilitary group itself — one marked by a growing wave of ...

The name of the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, has once again returned to the forefront of the Iraqi political scene. The Iranian general, who arrived in Baghdad on Sunday, is ...