It is an object transformed: no longer merely stored food or a shield against spirits, but a fruit carrying the warmth of tradition. This is why we come. This is why we choose. This is why we love the ...

Washington is hosting talks between the Sudanese government and the U.S. administration to explore ways to end the war and outline the contours of a new “road map” that the United States could ...

Erdoğan’s New Turkey, as illiberal as it is, can help build peace in the Middle East Mustafa Akyol is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, where he ...

In a sign of the deepening strain between Hezbollah and Lebanon’s state institutions, the group’s deputy secretary general, Naim Qassem, on Oct. 21 accused the central-bank governor and the ...

Assad’s regime, Syria remains splintered and volatile. In the country’s northwest, forces loyal to President Ahmed al-Sharaa have battled the “Ghuraba ...

Anyone seeking to understand the convictions of Marwan Barghouti, the imprisoned Palestinian Fatah leader serving five life sentences in Israel, need only look at the names he gave his children.

As international efforts intensify to shape the day after the Gaza war, Israel is taking a firm position on one of the most sensitive issues: the deployment of foreign or international forces in ...

Welcome back to the MBN Iran Briefing. Today we travel from a national banking disaster to the Israel-friendly northern neighbor that increasingly worries Tehran to Latin America to see how the ...

Colleagues, MBN keeps chipping away, most recently hard at work on: “Disarming Hamas” (Yehia), “Hezbollah’s Schools of Hate ...

As Beijing quietly deepens its economic, diplomatic, and media footprint across the Middle East, its influence is increasingly felt in capitals from Riyadh to Rabat. With billions invested in ...

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the MBN Iran Briefing. Iran matters. From the actions of its regime, to the aspirations of its 90+ million citizens, to its role as a regional geopolitical ...

The path to the Palestinian Authority’s return to war-ravaged Gaza appears lined with difficult international conditions. Foremost among them is one set by President Donald J. Trump, who has made ...