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 ...
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 ...
Dear Colleagues, Iran is struggling at home. Gas prices are about to jump. There are signs that an increasingly anxious ...
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 ...
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 ...
D3CODEcssstyle}} Hello! There’s something different that I want to share with you from MBN today. China is America’s leading geopolitical and economic competitor across the world.
Beirut’s Southern Suburb — universally known simply as the Dahieh — needs no introduction. The phrase alone commands attention in Lebanon, across the region and beyond. Over the years, the Dahieh ...
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 ...
In a sign that Israel and Iran may be heading toward another military confrontation, Israel’s public broadcaster quoted a “security source” as saying that Tehran is accelerating an arms buildup in ...
In a striking diplomatic move that could reshuffle regional dynamics at a highly sensitive moment, Israel announced it would send an official representative to a meeting that includes Lebanese ...
More than 40 years after Kuwait enacted its Personal Status Law, the country is now confronting a wide-ranging draft amendment to one of the legal frameworks most closely tied to the daily lives ...