2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (798+ words) Sources told MBN that Iraq's Coordination Framework is divided over efforts to bring all weapons under state control. Two Iran-aligned armed factions operating in Iraq have signaled a willingness to compromise over the future of their weapons but are still…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1410+ words) This article is part of a series of articles marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Ali switched that day between Iraq’s state television and Al-Shabab, the channel run by Saddam Hussein’s son, Uday. He remembers being stunned by the scale of the…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1111+ words) Two key developments mark the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: the court-backed cancellation of a plea deal sparing him the death penalty, and the scheduling of an official trial date. In the picture, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (323+ words) This article is part of a series of articles marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11. But then five terrorists, armed with knives, razor blades and pepper spray, suddenly appeared in the cabin, shouting and stabbing flight attendants. How could a child process…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (848+ words) The escalation between the Houthis and Yemeni government forces has spilled over to energy facilities in southern Saudi Arabia. Fighting across Yemen intensified on Monday as clashes between government forces and the Iran-aligned Houthi movement spread across several major fronts,…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1404+ words) A new escalation at sea raises the stakes around the Strait of Hormuz. Welcome back to the MBN Iran Briefing. You can read it in Arabic here, and check out MBN’s flagship Arabic-language Alhurra news platform (also in English). If…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (641+ words) Military analysts say Iran, largely cut off from global trade, may have difficulty enforcing its new rules. Tehran signaled that it could sanction ships that pass through a new “restricted zone” extending from the Strait of Hormuz to an area…...