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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses new members of the African National Congress (ANC) during an election campaign ahead of the 2024 general elections. Rajesh Jantilal / AFP
Profiles

Cyril Ramaphosa: the cool Mandela-era head Trump tried to ambush

When South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation went to Washington in May, they were hoping for a boost and a reset after months of…

Con Coughlin 02 June , 2025
Syria and Israel: the cost of peace Lina Jaradat
Politics

Syria and Israel: the cost of peace

What was once only rumoured has now been acknowledged: indirect negotiations between Syria and Israel have been quietly unfolding across several…

Al Majalla - London 01 June , 2025
Opinion

Israel and the 'New Syria'

The fact that indirect negotiations are taking place between Syria and Israel across several countries, aimed at discussing security arrangements, is…

Ibrahim Hamidi 01 June , 2025
Israel and Syria: an agenda for talks
Politics

Israel and Syria: an agenda for talks

The fall of the Assad regime and the subsequent takeover of al-Sharaa, the leader of the Islamist Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham movement, was a…

Itamar Rabinovich 01 June , 2025
It’s time for Syrian-Israeli dialogue Lina Jaradat
Politics

It’s time for Syrian-Israeli dialogue

Since the fall of the Assad regime and the rise of the HTS-led transitional authority in Syria on 8 December 2024, Israel has carried out an…

Ammar Abdulhamid 01 June , 2025
 A protester holds a sign reading "There are no universities left in Gaza" amid the commencement ceremony on May 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Libby O'Neill / AFP
Science & Technology

Campus cacophony: Trump stamps on academic freedoms

US President Donald Trump’s war against Harvard and other American universities escalated this week when the White House instructed government…

Khaled Yousri 01 June , 2025
People celebrate in Damascus' Umayyad square after US President Donald Trump's decision to lift sanctions in Syria, on May 13, 2025. Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP
Business & Economy

What next for Syria after US sanctions lifted?

After President Donald Trump’s landmark pledge in Riyadh to lift US sanctions on Syria, Washington has taken the first technical steps to fulfil his…

Karam Shaar 31 May , 2025
Omar El Akkad strips away the West’s moral failure over Gaza
Culture & Social Affairs

Omar El Akkad strips away the West’s moral failure over Gaza

Anyone living in America these days will have noticed the rift between the White House and the US public over Israel’s war on Gaza, exacerbated by…

Antoine Jockey 31 May , 2025
A protester holds a placard picturing Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an anti-genocide march in central London, on March 15, 2025, calling for an end to Israel’s war and siege on Gaza. HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
Politics

Israel’s ties with its Western allies hit a new low

Israel’s relations with its Western allies hit a new low in late May when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the leaders of France, Britain…

Christopher Phillips 31 May , 2025
Lebanese artist Fatima Jumaa's photos, titled "Between One Soul and Another," depict smokers during wartime in Lebanon. Ibrahim Tutunji
Culture & Social Affairs

Immersive photography exhibitions in Cairo’s artistic quarter

Tucked away in an alley off Hussein Pasha El-Maamari Street in downtown Cairo, a modest café bears the name El-Khann. The term refers to ‘a cramped…

Ibrahim Tutunji 30 May , 2025
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Israel's race for regime change in Iran

03 March 2026

Israel knows its military operation cannot last forever, so it is racing to either kill or fatally wound the Islamic Republic before the clock runs out

Michael Horowitz
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Business & Economy

Oil prices soar as US-Iran war sparks supply worries

04 March 2026

European gas prices have jumped by 30% after some big GCC oil and gas producers cut supplies, and now a vital maritime trade route is being threatened. The stakes have seldom been higher.

Thuraya Shahin
Deena So Oteh
Politics

Khamenei's killing opens up a strategic abyss

01 March 2026

Gulf states' delicate balancing act—maintaining security partnerships with the US while cautiously reopening channels to Iran—has been shattered

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
The displaced Palestinian Abu Mustafa family sits together as they break the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast during Iftar in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on 26 February 2026. Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Ramadan in Gaza: food scarcity compounds suffering

03 March 2026

The iftar table, if it still exists, no longer represents joy, but anxiety and scarcity

Hala Al-Naji
Iranian nationals arrive in Turkey after passing through the Razi-Kapiköy border crossing in Van, north-eastern Türkiye, on 3 March 2026. ALI IHSAN OZTURK / AFP
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Türkiye fears spillover effects of US-Iran war

05 March 2026

Ankara fears a refugee influx, economic disruption, and a Kurdish dimension as the US and Israel escalate their attacks

Omer Onhon

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