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After years of missed economic opportunity, Syria’s oil reserves in the north-east are once again a strategic option for Damascus following a…

As regional tensions intensify and maritime traffic remains disrupted, the Strait of Hormuz challenge is compelling Gulf states to rethink the…

More than just a sensitive waterway, the Strait of Hormuz has become a test in recent weeks of the Gulf’s economic model. For decades, Gulf oil and…

If the Strait of Hormuz closure has exposed one reality, it is that Gulf states can no longer afford to depend on a single maritime passage. In that…

Al Majalla’s cover story explores how the composition and structure of the government have changed since the US assassinated Iran’s Supreme Leader…

Mojtaba Khamenei was appointed Iran’s Supreme Leader after his father was killed in a US-Israeli strike on 28 February, but has yet to appear in…

In the ongoing US–Israel war on Iran, Tehran has increasingly relied on large-scale drone deployments to overwhelm air defences and impose economic…

Since 28 February 2026, Iran has carried out a large-scale missile and drone campaign that has disproportionately targeted Gulf states rather than…

Since the October 7 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, the balance of power in the Middle East has changed profoundly. Iran’s regional ‘Axis of Resistance…

Since late February, the Strait of Hormuz—the artery for nearly 20% of global oil and gas flows—has been effectively shut, following Iranian…