Welcome back to the MBN Agenda, our lookahead at the events driving the news in the Middle East this week.  First up, a must-read on the story that matters most from the region, just up from MBN ...

BAGHDAD, Dec 19 (KUNA) -- Iraqi F-16 jet fighters raided in two sorties strongholds for the notorious group "Daesh" north of the town of Rawha, located in Al-Anbar Governorate, the Iraqi Joint ...

Posts circulating on social media claim Mamdani is expected to introduce new rules when he becomes New York Mayor in 2026 that will require all public elementary schools in the state to learn Arabic ...

In mid-November 2025, a rumor spread on X that New York City's Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani would be introducing "Arabic numerals" to schools in the city. One post from the account of the prediction ...

Iraqis voted for a new parliament Tuesday, with an unexpectedly high turnout of more than 55 percent, at a pivotal time for the country and the wider region. Iraq, which has long been vulnerable to ...

Iraq, which has long been vulnerable to proxy wars and is closely watched by Iran and the United States, has recently regained a sense of stability. But, even as it tries to move past two decades of ...