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WMD roll call: Khamenei, Saddam, Gaddafi, Assad, and Kim

By seemingly extinguishing Iran’s network of nuclear facilities, the United States and Israel appear to be rendering Tehran’s atomic ambitions…

Ibrahim Hamidi 23 June , 2025
Whether the new Syrian government possesses the necessary expertise to handle the complex border issue remains to be seen, but some good-faith assistance could be helpful. Shutterstock
Politics

Why setting a clear Syrian-Lebanese border is so important

A lingering consequence of nearly three decades of French rule in the Levant is a boundary between Syria and Lebanon that remains largely un…

Frederic C. Hof 23 June , 2025
A man looks at blood stains as rescuers inspect the damage at the site of a reported suicide attack at the Saint Elias church in Damascus' Dwelaa area on June 22, 2025.
Documents & Memoirs

St. Elias targeted in first church attack in Syria since 1860

A terrorist bombing struck the St. Elias Church in the Dwelaa district of Damascus, marking the first attack of its kind since 1860. Syrian state…

Sami Moubayed 23 June , 2025
Netanyahu succeeds in dragging the US into war with Iran
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Netanyahu succeeds in dragging the US into war with Iran

Fares Garabet 22 June , 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian after signing the association treaty in the Kremlin on January 17 2025. AFP
Politics

Will a US-Israel war on Iran affect the battle in Ukraine?

The eruption of hostilities between Israel and Iran—with the US joining the war on 22 June through its strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities—could…

Con Coughlin 22 June , 2025
A US-Israel war on Iran could lock the region into a costly limbo Al Majalla
Business & Economy

A US-Israel war on Iran could lock the region into a costly limbo

As the Israel-Iran war enters its second week, both countries’ economies are sustaining huge losses, albeit with Israel’s economy having begun in a…

Mohamed Sharki 22 June , 2025
Opinion

What does a US-Israel war on Iran mean for oil prices?

When Israel first attacked Israel on 13 June—targeting its nuclear facilities and assassinating its nuclear scientists as well as senior commanders…

Khaled Kassar 22 June , 2025
Do you ever wonder if you could be a spy? Find out what it takes from spies throughout history, including Morten Storm, Dimitri Bystrolyotov, Mata Hari, Sir Francis Walsingham, and James Lafayette. Sam Kittner for the International Spy Museum
Culture & Social Affairs

Secrets and surveillance: a look at Washington’s spy museum

From wiretapping and sabotage to a listening tree trunk, James Bond’s cars, and an eavesdropping eagle, a museum in Washington, D.C. tells the story…

Osama Esber 21 June , 2025
Syria reinforces its borders to stop any Israel-Iran spillover
Politics

Syria reinforces its borders to stop any Israel-Iran spillover

The Syrian government is seeking to avoid becoming a theatre for conflict between Israel and Iran, as the pair continued trading blows this week…

Subhi Franjieh 21 June , 2025
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranians on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (portrait), in Tehran on June 4, 2025. KHAMENEI.IR / AFP
Profiles

Ali Khamenei: the guardian of Iran's strategic patience doctrine

Israel’s attacks on Iran on 13 June led to a dramatic war that has been ongoing for a week with no clear end in sight. The war was presaged by last…

Arash Azizi 21 June , 2025
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Politics

Attacks on Iran make a nuclear bomb more likely

20 June 2025

Iran's nuclear programme is damaged, but its determination is heightened

Eric Brewer
Michelle Thompson.
Business & Economy

What would happen if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz?

18 June 2025

The strait carries up to 20% of the world's oil exports at around 20 million barrels of oil each day. Any closure could cost the global economy greatly, even if only for a short time.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi
A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while gathering with others during a rally in solidarity with the government against Israel's attacks on Iran on June 14, 2025. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

Iran is further from regime change than Israel thinks

17 June 2025

Israel sees an opportunity to eliminate a strategic regional rival, but the future course of events primarily hinges on what Trump decides to do next

Houssam Itani
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranians on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (portrait), in Tehran on June 4, 2025. KHAMENEI.IR / AFP
Profiles

Ali Khamenei: the guardian of Iran's strategic patience doctrine

21 June 2025

For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone

Arash Azizi
Eduardo Ramon
Politics

How Israel pulled off its unprecedented strike on Iran

18 June 2025

Years of painstaking intelligence work went into the operation that activated vast networks of operatives and involved multiple layers of subterfuge

Michael Horowitz

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