The narrative we’ve been told about the Middle East is collapsing. For years, the Middle East was explained through a neat script: Iran’s “axis of resistance” was on the march, propped up by ...

Behind the barbed wire of al-Hol camp in eastern Syria, more than 27,000 people remain trapped in limbo—most of them women and children linked to the Islamic State. To aid workers and local officials, ...

Lebanese and Israeli military sources revealed to Alhurra striking details of a complex, “indirect” coordination mechanism functioning as a last line of defense to prevent an all-out war between ...

Muslims in the West today face a real predicament: “their Islam is being hijacked,” according to writer and thinker Ibrahim Eissa. Currents of political Islam, he argues, impose intellectual ...

Dear Colleagues, The MBN program for early career professionals just hosted Boston College’s Martha Bayles on America’s free ...

Civil Mobilization” Plays Expanding Intelligence Roles, Potentially Mirroring Iran’s Basij.” The call was made last June by an Iraqi lawmaker affiliated with an armed faction close to Iran.

Under the scorching sun, Libyans wait in long lines at fuel stations, sometimes for hours or even days, just to buy a few liters for their cars or household generators. Meanwhile, heavy oil ...

Not long ago, the Gulf was neatly divided. Washington handled security; Beijing built trade bridges. That arrangement no longer holds. Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Doha are no longer balancing between ...

Moderation” is Islam. That’s what we are told.  But what we actually see is a fierce struggle among opposing poles over multiple interpretations of Islam.  So, can we equate the thought of Ibn ...

Most Yemenis won’t be able to read this article!  “My friend Khaled al-Faqih, a content creator in Lahj governorate, southern Yemen, told me – his voice brimming with surprise and delight ...

In Washington, foreign policy is born at home. From churches. From campaign rallies. From living rooms. If you want to understand America’s choices in the Middle East, listen to what’s said in ...

Between a past rooted in traditions and local values, and a present rapidly changing under the pressures of modernity and economic transformation, Saudi cinema finds itself pulled toward pivotal ...