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Why indirect talks between Israel and Syria are a good thing

Following a series of leaks about Syrian–Israeli contacts through various channels and capitals, Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, recently…

Ibrahim Hamidi 12 May , 2025
The Israel-Palestine 'conflict' through the lens of novelists
Culture & Social Affairs

The Israel-Palestine 'conflict' through the lens of novelists

When US President Donald Trump called for Palestinians in Gaza to be "transferred" to Egypt, Jordan or other countries, it wasn't something new. The…

Samir Qasimi 12 May , 2025
Sham Cash: The problem with Syria’s new digital salary app
Science & Technology

Sham Cash: The problem with Syria’s new digital salary app

Syria’s transitional government will begin distributing public sector salaries exclusively through Sham Cash, a digital payment app whose rollout has…

Haid Haid 12 May , 2025
A tenuous truce holds India and Pakistan from the brink
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A tenuous truce holds India and Pakistan from the brink

Fares Garabet 12 May , 2025
PKK guerrillas scan for firing positions as they conduct military exercises in the mountains of northern Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region, 18 November 2006. DAVID FURST / AFP
Politics

What next after historic PKK decision to disband?

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with Türkiye for more than four decades, made a…

Omer Onhon 11 May , 2025
Kashmiri men react after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Srinagar May 10, 2025. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali
Politics

A nerve-wracking ceasefire holds between India and Pakistan—for now

Just as India's showdown with Pakistan was spiralling out of control, it seems to be calming down. After four days of escalating clashes, culminating…

The Economist 11 May , 2025
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Business & Economy

Trump's 'big' agenda in Saudi Arabia

US President Donald Trump is due to visit Saudi Arabia on 13 May, marking a significant moment in the historic partnership between the two countries…

Maher Chmaytelli 11 May , 2025
Late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi arrive together at the Arab Summit venue in Rabat on December 23, 1969. AFP
Documents & Memoirs

A 50-year-old recording sheds light on Egypt's position toward Israel today

A decades-old audio recording made at a pivotal moment in the history of the Middle East has recently come to light, and it has a direct bearing on…

Amr Emam 11 May , 2025
Brig. Gen. Mohammed al-Jassim and some of his officers in Sheikh al-Hadid in the Afrin district of northern Syria. April 13, 2025. Shelly Kittleson
Politics

Much-maligned Syrian commander rebuts massacre claims

Afrin, Syria: “Our men didn’t even enter Jableh,” claimed Brigadier General Mohammed al-Jassim during an extensive interview with Al Majalla on his…

Shelly Kittleson 10 May , 2025
Chairs and tables are‬‭ scattered at the site of a suspected militant‬ attack on tourists in Baisaran near Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district,‬ on April 24, 2025. Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP
Politics

How India and Pakistan can pull back from the brink

India and Pakistan are once again at each other’s throats. Following a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir on 22 April, New Delhi…

Ravi Agrawal 10 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
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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