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Somalia creates as many problems for the U.S. as it does abroad. Trump should follow Israel's lead and recognize Somaliland.

Israel's recent recognition of Somaliland is less about the self-declared region of Somalia itself but more about strategic calculations linked to Red Sea security, regional power competition, and ...

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 Happy New Year! And welcome back to MBN Agenda, our weekly look at the stories driving the news in the region and Washington. Brought to you by the Middle East ...

Today, the Somali region of Ethiopia is under Ethiopian rule after a failed attempt in 1977 by Siad Barre to fight off the ...

Yemen's main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, is set to dismantle its institutions effective Friday.

Aidarous al-Zubaidi is wanted on treason charges in Yemen after he led a lightning military offensive that escalated a bitter ...

A separatist group in southern Yemen says it's urgently trying to contact a delegation that traveled to the Saudi capital for ...

Invited to Saudi Arabia for talks, dozens of Yemeni separatist officials went incommunicado on Wednesday as the conflict in ...

Saudi and Emirati media figures launched ferocious propaganda wars. Emiratis blasted Saudi Arabia for supporting the Muslim ...

Yemen is threatening to fracture even further, exposing a growing rift between Middle East powers Saudi Arabia and the United ...