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The new Syrian government, with President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the middle, poses for a group photo at the presidential palace on Saturday, March 29, 2025. AFP
Politics

8 things you need to know about Syria's new government

Nearly three months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), now Syria's interim…

Al Majalla - London 31 March , 2025
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Mohammed Abdul-Salam spokesman for Yemen's Houthis on August 13, 2019 in Tehran. AFP
Politics

Iran and the Houthis: complex ties and a history of deception

At best, Iran’s interventions in several Arab countries in recent decades have posed questions and sparked concern. At worst, it has triggered wars,…

Anwar Al-Ansi 31 March , 2025
Opinion

Why Hezbollah smuggling can't be easily stopped

The fall of the Syrian regime on 8 December was met with widespread relief—not only among Syrians but also among others in the region who were tired…

Haid Haid 31 March , 2025
Bernie Sanders pushes Senate vote to block arms to Israel
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Bernie Sanders pushes Senate vote to block arms to Israel

Fares Garabet 31 March , 2025
Al Majalla’s Book Watch
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Al Majalla’s Book Watch

The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. Al Majalla picks out some choice titles in our fortnightly round-up of the latest Arabic books,…

Khodr Al Agha 30 March , 2025
Ekrem İmamoğlu: The Turkish presidential candidate behind bars Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Ekrem İmamoğlu: The Turkish presidential candidate behind bars

Earlier this month, the mayor of Istanbul and the man who many saw as the primary challenger to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was arrested…

Omer Onhon 30 March , 2025
Israel forcibly evacuates Palestinians from southern Gaza on January 26, 2024. AFP
Politics

Israel’s ‘voluntary’ migration policy in Gaza is anything but

Israel’s newly established Migration Directorate is already working to change the future of Gaza in an attempt to derail Arab efforts against its…

Amr Emam 30 March , 2025
Iran nuclear sites Diana Estefanía Rubio
Politics

Iran's nuclear programme and the possibility of military action

As of March 2025, the ongoing standoff between the United States, Israel, and Iran over the latter's nuclear programme reached a critical juncture…

Majid Rafizadeh 29 March , 2025
Opinion

Might-is-right politics pushes rules-based order into obscurity

Denmark is deploying warships to Greenland in a bid to reassert its sovereignty over the northern island while allocating $2bn to boost its defence…

Houssam Itani 29 March , 2025
Husni al-Za'im
Documents & Memoirs

This day in history: The mother of all Syrian coups

On this day in 1949, a group of soldiers stormed the home of Syria’s constitutionally elected president, Shukri al-Quwatli, nestled in the tranquil…

Sami Moubayed 29 March , 2025
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Lina Jaradat
Politics

Trump, Sharaa, and the future of Syria

05 December 2025

There was visible warmth when the US and Syrian presidents met in the Oval Office last month, with some even speculating a Trump visit to Damascus. But there is much to do before that happens.

Robert Ford
AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

The GCC moves from ‘safe neutrality’ to ‘indivisible security’

05 December 2025

Following the unprecedented attacks on Qatar, Gulf leaders have pledged to forge a unified defence front, marking a historic shift from cautious neutrality to collective security

Omar Harkous
Jay Torres
Politics

The evolution of Latin America’s drug cartels

04 December 2025

What began as a locally rooted trade in coca leaves and opium evolved into a transnational system of cartels that challenged governments, corrupted institutions, and destabilised countries

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Why the US is asking Lebanon for its bomb back

05 December 2025

When Israel killed a Hezbollah military chief in late November, one GBU-39 bomb failed to detonate, leaving Washington worried that its adversaries could reverse engineer it

Michael Horowitz
Spanish poet Miriam Reyes Wikimedia Commons
Culture & Social Affairs

Spanish poet Miriam Reyes on escaping the prison of the page

03 December 2025

With her collection 'Con' having won Spain's 2025 National Poetry Prize, the Galician writer spoke to Al Majalla about the process of creation as she works on her first novel.

Mohammed Al-Bittari

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