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The US-Iran war showed just how crucial aluminium is Nesma Moharam
Business & Economy

The US-Iran war showed just how crucial aluminium is

Missile and drone strikes from Iran at the end of March inflicted considerable damage to two major aluminium facilities in the Middle East, causing…

Nazareth Seferian 12 April , 2026
No progress in Islamabad talks
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No progress in Islamabad talks

Fares Garabet 12 April , 2026
Opinion

Iran's regime didn't fall, but it is being eroded

When the US and Israel waged war on 28 February, some expected the immediate collapse of the Iranian regime, following the assassination of its…

Ibrahim Hamidi 12 April , 2026
A man walks past an anti-USA and anti-Israel mural in Tehran on 8 April 2026. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

'Unconditional surrender' was never an option for Iran

US-Iran talks aimed at finding a permanent end to the war ended on Saturday night without any deal, leaving the fate of a two-week ceasefire hanging…

Futoshi Matsumoto 12 April , 2026
The Iran war brought Russia both opportunity and risk AFP / Al Majalla
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The Iran war brought Russia both opportunity and risk

The strategy of providing limited support to Iran while maintaining an indirect role in the US-Israeli war seemed to have paid off for Moscow. Yet,…

Anton Mardasov 12 April , 2026
Imam Al-Ghazali. Wikicommons
Culture & Social Affairs

Al-Ghazali and the myth of civilisational decline

Last December, the former president of Cairo University, Mohamed Othman Elkhosht, caused controversy when he revived the debate over the Persian…

Abdullah Al-Rashid 12 April , 2026
Viktor Orbán: Will Hungary's longtime PM hold onto his seat? Sara Padovan
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Viktor Orbán: Will Hungary's longtime PM hold onto his seat?

On the eve of Hungary's highly contested election, two main rivals have been heavily campaigning as Péter Magyar attempts to end 16 years of…

Con Coughlin 11 April , 2026
Opinion

One year of new Syrian rule: progress and challenges

A year has passed since Syria’s transitional government took office—the point at which cabinets are judged less by promises than by what they have…

Haid Haid 10 April , 2026
Iranians mark 40 days since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes at a demonstration in Tehran on 9 April, 2026. Majid Asgaripour / AFP
Politics

The US and Iran mull next moves amid shaky truce

Forty days into a hugely costly war that neither side had fully intended to fight, but both had in some way or another long prepared for, the guns…

Alex Vatanka 10 April , 2026
The one thing that terrifies Donald Trump Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The one thing that terrifies Donald Trump

Donald Trump likes to project an aura of absolute power. The US president has said he faces no real restraint other than his own “morality”—neither…

Michael Hirsh 10 April , 2026
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Iranians mark 40 days since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes at a demonstration in Tehran on 9 April, 2026. Majid Asgaripour / AFP
Politics

The US and Iran mull next moves amid shaky truce

10 April 2026

Washington weighs the desire to avoid a protracted war with offsetting the appearance of defeat, as Tehran debates whether to consolidate gains before conditions shift or press perceived advantages

Alex Vatanka
Awami Rickshaw Union workers holding posters of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, shout slogans after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in Lahore on 8 April 2026. Arif ALI / AFP
Politics

Behind the truce: Pakistan mediation proves pivotal

08 April 2026

Islamabad is humming with behind-the-scenes diplomacy to turn this tentative pause into lasting peace.

Kaswar Klasra
Al Majalla
Politics

5 unanswered questions on the US-Iran ceasefire

09 April 2026

The fragile truce faces significant obstacles.

John Haltiwanger
Al Majalla
Politics

The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

07 April 2026

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

Brian Katulis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands during a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 29 March 2026. Reuters
Politics

Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

08 April 2026

Israel's parliament approved a draconian death penalty law last week that only applies to Palestinian prisoners, in a move that the UN says "would constitute a war crime"

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly

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