Iraq’s position on the war against Iran reflects layers of political and geopolitical accumulation stretching back many years. The transformations Iraq has experienced since 2003 have not fully ...

Three months after assuming power in Iran in 1979, Ruhollah Khomeini decided to establish a force parallel to the Iranian army whose mission would be to protect the new regime and “export the ...

During the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, the Iraqi government managed to keep the country out of the regional conflict. But today, the situation appears entirely different. Since U.S. and ...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries did not enter 2026 from a completely comfortable financial position. When the new budgets were approved late last year, governments already understood ...

Trump says the war is “pretty much” complete. The Pentagon is planning through September. Those two statements are not the same thing, and the gap between them may define the days or ...

The United States has not issued any statement regarding the Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah sites across Lebanon. But this silence does not indicate ambiguity; rather, it reflects a clear ...

Welcome to a special edition of the MBN Iran Newsletter. The naming of a new supreme leader demands an immediate assessment ...

Contrary to expectations, the Houthis have so far refrained from joining the military confrontation between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, a development that has ...

Amid escalating military tensions, the Muslim Brotherhood has once again chosen to align itself with Iran. The organization’s largest branch issued an official statement signed by Salah Abdel Haq, ...

Iran-aligned armed factions have expanded their strikes against U.S. interests in Iraq in a way that suggests they are not “abiding by” the Iraqi government’s decision to stay out of the war ...

Once again, the Gulf states find themselves in direct proximity to a regional war, despite not being a party to it. As the confrontation between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran ...

The attack targeting the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Saturday has raised concerns about a possible escalation inside Iraq amid the ongoing war between the United States and Israel on one ...