The United States and Iran are preparing to engage in talks on Friday in the Sultanate of Oman, amid conflicting statements about the agenda. The anticipated meeting comes against a backdrop of ...

The Egyptian government is making strenuous efforts to change an economic reality shaped by years of borrowing and rising debt-servicing costs, amid a period of relative economic stability ...

Amid the nationwide protests that have shaken Iran in recent weeks—brutally suppressed by the regime at the cost of countless dead—there was one particularly striking detail. Some of the ...

Kadugli did not choose to become a besieged city. Its position in the heart of South Kordofan placed it squarely within the war’s calculations, transforming the city into a geographic chokepoint ...

In this article, writer and broadcaster Ibrahim Essa raises a question about what he calls the “Salafi–Shiite alliance,” revealing a convergence between two schools of thought that are deeply ...

As part of efforts to expand and deepen regional cooperation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to arrive in Saudi Arabia tomorrow, before heading to Egypt on Wednesday. While the ...

The process of forming a government in Iraq has reached a near dead end, after parliament failed for a second time to convene a session dedicated to electing a new president of the republic and ...

Amid a strained Gulf climate, Kuwait found itself this week at the center of a lavish celebration offered by the United Arab Emirates. The question that hovered on the margins of this scene, ...

From time to time, Syrian authorities announce the foiling of attempts to smuggle weapons shipments into Lebanon, the most recent of which occurred in the al-Brij area of Syria’s Qalamoun region.

At a highly critical sensitive regional juncture, Saudi Arabia has stepped up its diplomatic activity in Washington, seeking to push toward a negotiated track with Iran, amid a growing U.S.

Welcome back to the MBN Agenda, our look at the events driving the news in the Middle East in the week to come. We start with Iran. This week’s Briefing takes you inside Washington as the Trump ...

As President Donald Trump weighs military action against Iran, the debate inside Washington is less about authorization than framing. A senior State Department official told MBN there is no clear ...