MBC's Baghdad office was also attacked in 2020. A programme aired on MBC1 suggested that Iraqi militia leader Al Muhandis was involved in arranging an attack in Lebanon nearly 40 years ago.

MBC, formerly known as the Middle East Broadcasting Center, is not a stranger to controversy in Iraq. On at least two previous occasions the channel has been a target of criticism for its ...

That came hours after dozens of supporters of Iraqi militias stormed and looted the office of the broadcaster, MBC, in Baghdad in protest over a report that described a number of Iranian-linked ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s commission governing media announced Saturday that it would take steps to revoke the license of a Saudi television station to operate in the country after the channel ...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ — Supporters of pro-Iran armed groups in Iraq ransacked offices affiliated with a Saudi TV channel in Baghdad early Saturday, two security sources said, after the broadcaster aired ...

A Saudi-owned news channel has come under fire after it aired a report last week characterising Hamas and Hezbollah leaders as “terrorists”.. The report by the MBC broadcaster, which sparked a ...

This month, the Saudi broadcaster MBC began airing “Muawiya.” After Persian-subtitled episodes surfaced online in Iran, the country’s media regulatory agency announced a ban at the beginning ...

Now, like many of Baghdad's roughly 2,500 remaining historic houses, it is falling apart. Decades of political turmoil, neglect, soaring real estate prices and a lack of funds have taken their ...

Living in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City suburb for the past 15 years, Khodr Abbas, 73, had to walk along a mud and dirt track to get to his home, where he would struggle to get fresh water to flow ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s commission governing media announced Saturday that it would take steps to revoke the license of a Saudi television station to operate in the country. That came hours ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s commission governing media announced Saturday that it would take steps to revoke the license of a Saudi television station to operate in the country.