As the year draws to a close, Lebanon is entering a delicate phase in which efforts to confine weapons to state authority north of the Litani River have moved to the forefront of political and ...

On December 13, 2025, an Islamic State gunman carried out an attack in Palmyra, in central Syria, killing two U.S. soldiers and a translator. The attack took place at the entrance to a facility ...

The biggest and most followed events of 2025 were the region’s wars: Iran-Israel, Gaza, Sudan and Yemen. Our audience certainly followed them, but a closer look at the most popular stories on our ...

As senior air force commanders from the Sultanate of Oman and Saudi Arabia were meeting in Muscat, images began circulating on social media showing Saudi fighter jets carrying out what were ...

Averting a potential Israeli escalation was not the sole focus of Egypt’s recent diplomatic engagements with Lebanon. Cairo has also moved to open the door to economic cooperation with Beirut ...

Welcome back to the MBN Iran Briefing, a new offering from the premier Arabic-first American news and commentary platform about the Middle East.. This week, we look at the seven moments and themes ...

Tuesday, December 23, 2025 Welcome back to MBN Agenda, from the premier Arabic-first, American-funded news and commentary platform. Today, the scholar of Islam and MBN Columnist Mustafa Akyol ...

The international presence in southern Lebanon has entered a countdown phase, as United Nations peacekeeping forces (UNIFIL) begin reducing their troop levels. A quarter of the force has been ...

Shortly before leaving Virginia for Beirut over the holidays, a colleague asked me a question that has quietly resurfaced in Washington policy circles: Is Lebanon better off at the end of this ...

For two decades, the Middle East has haunted American strategy. Every administration arrives promising focus elsewhere, then gets pulled back by the region’s gravity: war, energy chokepoints, ...

Merry Christmas! This warm greeting will echo around the world these days among the largest religious community on earth: Christians. Many will exchange gifts, enjoy festive lights and decorated ...

In Washington, the mood around Syria has turned unexpectedly hopeful. The fall of Bashar al-Assad has opened what many officials see as a rare political reset: a chance for a new leader, Ahmad ...