Thursday, December 11th, 2025 Welcome back to the MBN Iran Briefing. This week, we’ll learn about a new front in the information war between Iran and Israel, catch up on the dispute over three ...
In his weekly episode on Alhurra’s digital platforms, writer and journalist Ibrahim Essa poses a stark question: Does a Muslim need permission to think about his religion? He revisits episodes ...
Tuesday December 9th, 2025 Welcome back to MBN Agenda — your window into how Washington shapes the Middle East, and how the Middle East shapes Washington. This is a new offering from the Middle ...
The United States has made a dramatic shift in how it handles the war in Sudan: President Donald Trump is now following the file personally. He is “not delegating it,” but overseeing it himself, ...
In a move that marks a significant shift in U.S. military doctrine, U.S. Central Command  (CENTCOM) announced Wednesday the formation of the first operational unit of suicide-attack drones in the ...
In the early hours of Thursday, December 4, the name “Wadi Hadramout” echoed once again after fierce clashes erupted on the plateau surrounding the Petromasila oil facilities between forces from ...
In a year marked by decreasing oil prices and mounting uncertainty in global markets, Saudi Arabia is heading into a new fiscal year with a projected deficit of 165 billion riyals, according to ...
I came to the W&OD Trail to clear my head, nothing more. But a few minutes in, I slowed down—not from tiredness, but because the trail felt like it was holding a story I didn’t know. I realized I wasn ...
The joint missile defense emerged as the most prominent issue on the agenda of the 46th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit, held on December 3, 2025, in Bahrain. The attention was not ...
China is upping its security game in the Middle East– and Washington is taking notice. While the U.S. remains far and away the biggest supplier of weapons and the preeminent outside military ...
Welcome back to the MBN Iran Briefing. Martin Scorsese once said, “Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out.” This week, we’ll look at how one of Iran’s most successful filmmakers ...
China already wields considerable power and influence in the Middle East. For many years it has been the top trading partner of almost all the countries in the 22-member Arab League. Since 2013 it ...