Israel has no intention of staying permanently in southern Lebanon, but any withdrawal will depend on whether the Lebanese army can keep Hezbollah from returning to the border, Israel’s U.N.

Iraq is preparing to receive the body of Iran’s former supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, as part of funeral ceremonies that will span Iran and Iraq. The event is framed as a Shiite ...

Just two weeks after the U.S. President Donald Trump signed the U.S.-Iran memorandum, its consequences are resonating across the Middle East. Israel has agreed in principle to begin withdrawing ...

Residents of Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone awoke before dawn on Sunday to an unusual sight in one of Iraq’s most secure neighborhoods. Military vehicles blocked entrances, ...

Welcome back to the MBN Iran Briefing. Starting today, the Monday briefings will be looking ahead at the coming week. I’ll be highlighting the major potential flashpoints and what to watch for.

After years of hesitation, Israel on Sunday formally recognized the Armenian genocide, likely ushering in more contentious chapter in its already sharply deteriorating relationship ...

In exile in Russia, Bashar al-Assad has offered little clue about how he understands his fall: as defeat, betrayal, or the price of a rule built on fear. Bashar al-Assad’s exile reportedly ...

It did not take long for the road to Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport to return to being a central showcase for the political confrontation between Hezbollah and the Lebanese ...

For Arab Gulf countries, the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran began with promises to topple a regime they had considered an enemy for decades. Three months later, the battered Shia clerical regime ...

Since active warfare began against Iran in late February, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a halt. Oil tankers have sat idle as the threat of Iranian drones, gunboats and ...

For years, the Nile dispute revolved around dams, water allocations and a legal agreement that was never signed. Today, Cairo is increasingly viewing the river through a maritime lens as well.

It is rare for a World Cup match to be halted at halftime because of a storm. Nearly 65,000 spectators for the France-Iraq game in Philadelphia remained inside the concourses and sheltered areas ...