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A group photo of the leaders and representatives of the Arab countries participating in the Baghdad Summit on May 17, 2025. Reuters
Politics

Why the Arab world must forge a collective vision of the future

The international system, which has been in flux since the end of the Cold War, appears to be heading in one of two directions: toward a multipolar…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 17 May , 2025
Opinion

Istanbul meeting inches Ukraine ceasefire forward

This has been a fascinating week in many respects, with high hopes for a Russia-Ukraine deal to end the war, a businesslike and successful official…

Omer Onhon 16 May , 2025
'Make Syria Great Again': how Sunni populism is reshaping post-war Syria
Politics

'Make Syria Great Again': how Sunni populism is reshaping post-war Syria

President Donald Trump's public admiration for Syria's transitional president came as no surprise. The two leaders share a mutual appreciation for…

Malik al-Abdeh 16 May , 2025
People celebrate in Damascus' Omeyyad square after US President Donald Trump's decision to lift sanctions in Syria, on May 13, 2025. Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP
Business & Economy

Syria's long road to economic recovery can finally begin

In a major landmark moment for Syria as it moves on from the Assad-era dictatorship, the United States announced it will lift economic sanctions that…

Joseph Daher 15 May , 2025
Opinion

Will Trump's peace-through-prosperity blueprint for the region work?

After the difficult relationship the Arab world experienced with the Biden administration, US President Donald Trump’s visit to the region this week…

Con Coughlin 15 May , 2025
Rahaf Ayyad, a 12-year-old Palestinian who is suffering from malnutrition due to an Israeli-imposed starvation campaign, sits at a school-turned-shelter in al-Rimal in central Gaza City on May 4, 2025. Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Politics

Sunken faces: kids in Gaza waste away as Israel blocks aid

If Israel doesn't stop its forced starvation campaign in Gaza, Palestinians will officially fall into outright famine, food security experts are…

Salem Al Rayyes 15 May , 2025
Gaza on the brink of all-out famine
Cartoons

Gaza on the brink of all-out famine

Fares Garabet 15 May , 2025
Opinion

Religious nationalism, not geopolitics, could define India and Pakistan's future

Two days after a ceasefire was declared along the Indo-Pakistani border, officials in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district rededicated a massive statue…

Houssam Itani 15 May , 2025
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Culture & Social Affairs

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 14 May , 2025
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) watching as US President Donald Trump (C) shakes hands with Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Riyadh on May 14, 2025. Bandar AL-JALOUD / Saudi Royal Palace
Politics

Trump's lifting of Syria sanctions solidifies Iran's regional defeat

While in Riyadh on 13 May, US President Trump announced that he was lifting sanctions on Syria, and then followed that up on 14 May by meeting Syrian…

James Jeffrey 14 May , 2025
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Politics

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
Politics

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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