There is perhaps no term that has been manipulated, exploited, and abused as extensively as Islamophobia. The question is: is there truly Islamophobia in the West? I don’t live in the West, but as ...

My son did not commit any crime. He is simply a political activist who speaks about people’s rights and their concerns. But the court sentenced him to three years in prison,” the father of Iraqi ...

When China’s Belt and Road Initiative was unveiled in 2013, it was sold as a grand connective vision: ports and pipelines, highways and industrial corridors, binding Eurasia together with Chinese ...

Hassan did not hesitate to turn to one of the well-known institutions in his community to seek a small loan after the latest war between Hezbollah and Israel. His home was damaged, his income ...

Sudan’s Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visited Riyadh on Monday, where he met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. While full details of the visit were not officially ...

Silence does the talking While trimming my nails the other day, my manicurist Reem lifted her head and asked me in that quiet, matter-of-fact way that Lebanese resignation often takes: “Do you ...

On the outskirts of the Syrian city of Palmyra, a moment that was supposed to pass quietly last Saturday turned into a highly complex security incident after a barrage of gunfire ripped through ...

Welcome back to the MBN Iran Briefing. This week, we look into the violent rearrest of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi and follow the revealing travels of ...

Frustrated by long entanglements in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Obama administration in 2011 announced a strategic “rebalance” toward the Asia-Pacific, where China was emerging as Washington’s ...

The release of the new U.S. National Security Strategy, alongside this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), has revived a familiar question in Washington and across the Middle East: ...

China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, carried multiple files and messages during his visits to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, renewing debate over whether Beijing is pursuing new ...

One of the most persistent gaps in the U.S. debate on Syria appears to be the assumption that the new leadership in Damascus exercises real control over the forces it claims to command. In an ...