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 ...

In February, just a few kilometers from the Omani border, a drone targeted a Toyota Corolla in the city of Al-Ghaydah, the capital of Yemen’s eastern Al-Mahrah province. Later, the identity of the ...

A proposed summit between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Washington has been downgraded just days before a fragile ceasefire in Israeli-occupied ...

As the U.S. and Chinese presidents meet, Iran looms in the background. Meanwhile, Iranian cinema is once again represented at the Cannes film festival, and human rights abuses in Iran continue ...

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 ...

Kurdish parties are not hiding their readiness to respond to Iranian attacks if Iran continues its missile strikes on their headquarters and refugee camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Despite ...

Lebanon is going through a phase in which the lines between war and ceasefire are blurred. There is neither a full-scale confrontation nor an agreement leading to a real peace. As the date ...

In southern Lebanon, mornings no longer begin with the sound of an alarm clock, but with an image. An image opened in haste on a phone, at its center a red rectangle enclosing the names of towns ...

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 ...

On April 26, one Israeli soldier and six others were wounded in a drone attack in Al-Taybeh in southern Lebanon. The weapon used in the attack, launched by Hezbollah guerillas, sent a shock wave ...

Welcome back to the MBN Iran Briefing. While the world continues to focus on diplomatic maneuvers and rejected peace plans, inside Iran they’re talking about internet access for the rich, drug ...

President Donald Trump, who arrives in Beijing on Wednesday evening for his first state visit of his second term, will get ...