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Sectarian flare-ups in Syria give Israel an excuse to bomb

The escalating sectarian violence in Syria, which led Israel to bomb key government buildings in Damascus, is by far the most serious challenge posed…

Con Coughlin 18 July , 2025
The Great Colonnade (Decumanus Maximus) at Palmyra, one of six Syrian sites on the UNESCO elite list of world heritage. All of them sustained some level of damage in the 13-year civil war. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

The plundering of Syria's cultural heritage - Part 2

Syria’s most significant archaeological sites, which collectively tell the story of the country’s extraordinary history, have been subjected to an…

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush 18 July , 2025
A man checks the destruction inside the heavily damaged Syrian army and defence ministry headquarters complex in Damascus, following Israeli strikes on July 16, 2025. Bakr Alkasem/AFP
Politics

Why Israel is bombing Damascus troops to 'protect' the Druze

Israel’s air force has attacked Syrian government troops, tanks, and army headquarters in Damascus and the south after fighting in the southern Druze…

Michael Horowitz 17 July , 2025
Horses for courses: some choose a steed, others a missile Fares Garabet
Cartoons

Horses for courses: some choose a steed, others a missile

Fares Garabet 17 July , 2025
Stock markets are reacting to an uptick in US inflation, suggesting that President Donald Trump's tariffs are beginning to feed into the American economy. Angela Weiss/AFP
Business & Economy

Trump still betting on tariffs to shrink America’s trade deficit

After six months, US President Donald Trump’s trade wars show no signs of slowing down, with his ‘America First’ doctrine showing little distinction…

Mohamed Sharki 17 July , 2025
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf testifies during a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee at the US Capitol on November 8, 2023. Alex Wong/Getty Images via AFP
Politics

Barbara Leaf: sectarian power-sharing not the answer in Syria

The former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs under the Biden administration, Barbara Leaf is one of America’s most highly…

Ahmed Maher 17 July , 2025
A visitor makes sketches at Palmyra. During their occupation of the site from 2015, Islamic State (IS) jihadists reduced several temples, columns, and other treasures to heaps of stone. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

The plundering of Syria’s cultural heritage - Part 1

Syria is one of the most archaeologically rich regions of the ancient Near East. Strategically located at the crossroads of trade, military, and…

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush 16 July , 2025
Supporters of Donald Trump hold a sign about the border wall with Mexico before Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Florida on 11 October 2023. Trump has now allocated $46bn to build it. AFP
Business & Economy

Still beautiful? Trump’s tax cuts and spending plans look ominous

On 4 July, US President Donald Trump marked the 249th anniversary of his country’s independence from the British Crown by celebrating the signing…

Toufic Chanbour 16 July , 2025
Opinion

Syrian political prisoners still languish in Lebanese prisons. Why?

“It is 6:18 am in Damascus, Syria is free of Bashar al-Assad.” With these words, Hussein Al-Sheikh announced on Al-Hadath TV the fall of the Assad…

Alia Mansour 16 July , 2025

Water shortages in Gaza, drought in Afghanistan and more

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Andrew Couldridge/REUTERS

A spectator tries to cool down during the semi final match between Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and Poland's Iga Swiatek, London, Britain - July 10, 2025

Daniel Cole/REUTERS 
Daniel Cole/REUTERS 

U.S. federal agents stand guard in a field next to a road leading to an agricultural facility where U.S. federal agents and immigration officers conducted an operation, in Camarillo, California, U.S., July 10, 2025.

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Gonzalo Fuentes/REUTERS

A horse of the French Republican Guard falls during the annual Bastille Day military ceremony on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, July 14, 2025.

Dawoud Abu Alkas/REUTERS
Dawoud Abu Alkas/REUTERS

The daughter of displaced Palestinian man Akram Al-Manasra washes her face amid water shortages, outside their tent in Gaza City July 14, 2025.

Albert Gea/REUTERS
Albert Gea/REUTERS

People react as the Fire Bull, a man carrying a bull figure packed with fireworks, runs by, during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, July 14, 2025.

Adnan Abidi/REUTERS
Adnan Abidi/REUTERS

A family uses a plastic sheet to protect themselves during heavy rains in New Delhi, India, July 14, 2025.

Atif Aryan / AFP
Atif Aryan / AFP

An Afghan child rides his bicycle along a deserted street in the drought-ridden village of Bolak at Chahar Bolak district, Balkh province on July 10, 2025.

Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP
Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP

A woman stands in front of a gravestone at the memorial cemetery in the village of Potocari, near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, on July 11, 2025, on the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.

CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP
CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP

Cadets of the Komponen Cadangan (Komcad), the Reserve Component of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), take part in a graduation ceremony after three months of military basic training, in Banda Aceh on July 12, 2025.

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Aerial view of rainbow appearing over Jiangzi Zongshan Castle after a rain on July 9, 2025 in Shigatse, Xizang Autonomous Region of China.

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Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Trump has lost the Iran war, but how badly?

20 April 2026

While all the effects of this conflict may take time to fully realise, short and medium-term signs expose the limits of US power and see America's rivals benefiting

Christopher Phillips
Jason Lyon
Business & Economy

The Iran war is reshaping the China-Gulf economic model

21 April 2026

Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?

Charbel Barakat
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Lebanon and Israel: negotiations and the end of Hezbollah

23 April 2026

Building on the ten-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, time will tell if these talks are a one-off or the beginning of a different path for Lebanon.

Al Majalla - London
Grace Russell
Science & Technology

Saving the soldiers: robots as Ukraine’s new weapon

22 April 2026

The war in Ukraine is becoming an open laboratory for testing advanced military technologies that may yet redefine the very meaning of combat

Marco Mossad
Nesma Moharam
Culture & Social Affairs

New book tackles the fading art of Koranic recitation

20 April 2026

Egyptian heritage researcher Haytham Abu Zayd sheds light on how the art form grew, excelled, and then declined over the years and ends by offering a path to revival

Fadi El-Abdallah

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