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Behind the bombs: the Israel-Iran cyberwar Diana Estefanía Rubio
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Behind the bombs: the Israel-Iran cyberwar

Cyberwarfare has the potential to disrupt critical infrastructure, commercial networks and global supply chains, and during the 12-day Israel-Iran…

Al Majalla - London 24 June , 2025
A man walks past a billboard displaying photos of senior Iranian leaders and scientists killed in Israeli strikes, Tehran, June 13, 2025. AP
Politics

The rise and fall of Iranian intelligence

During the third season of the highly acclaimed Israeli-made Apple TV series Tehran, there is a scene that shows a foreign nuclear supervisor arguing…

Kamal Alam 24 June , 2025
Opinion

WMD roll call: Khamenei, Saddam, Gaddafi, Assad, and Kim

By seemingly extinguishing Iran’s network of nuclear facilities, the United States and Israel appear to be rendering Tehran’s atomic ambitions…

Ibrahim Hamidi 23 June , 2025
Whether the new Syrian government possesses the necessary expertise to handle the complex border issue remains to be seen, but some good-faith assistance could be helpful. Shutterstock
Politics

Why defining Lebanon's border with Syria is so important

A lingering consequence of nearly three decades of French rule in the Levant is a boundary between Syria and Lebanon that remains largely un…

Frederic C. Hof 23 June , 2025
A man looks at blood stains as rescuers inspect the damage at the site of a reported suicide attack at the Saint Elias church in Damascus' Dwelaa area on June 22, 2025.
Documents & Memoirs

St. Elias targeted in first church attack in Syria since 1860

A terrorist bombing struck the St. Elias Church in the Dwelaa district of Damascus, marking the first attack of its kind since 1860. Syrian state…

Sami Moubayed 23 June , 2025
Netanyahu succeeds in dragging the US into war with Iran
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Netanyahu succeeds in dragging the US into war with Iran

Fares Garabet 22 June , 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian after signing the association treaty in the Kremlin on January 17 2025. AFP
Politics

Will a US-Israel war on Iran affect the battle in Ukraine?

The eruption of hostilities between Israel and Iran—with the US joining the war on 22 June through its strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities—could…

Con Coughlin 22 June , 2025
A US-Israel war on Iran could lock the region into a costly limbo Al Majalla
Business & Economy

A US-Israel war on Iran could lock the region into a costly limbo

As the Israel-Iran war enters its second week, both countries’ economies are sustaining huge losses, albeit with Israel’s economy having begun in a…

Mohamed Sharki 22 June , 2025
Opinion

What does a US-Israel war on Iran mean for oil prices?

When Israel first attacked Israel on 13 June—targeting its nuclear facilities and assassinating its nuclear scientists as well as senior commanders…

Khaled Kassar 22 June , 2025
Do you ever wonder if you could be a spy? Find out what it takes from spies throughout history, including Morten Storm, Dimitri Bystrolyotov, Mata Hari, Sir Francis Walsingham, and James Lafayette. Sam Kittner for the International Spy Museum
Culture & Social Affairs

Secrets and surveillance: a look at Washington’s spy museum

From wiretapping and sabotage to a listening tree trunk, James Bond’s cars, and an eavesdropping eagle, a museum in Washington, D.C. tells the story…

Osama Esber 21 June , 2025
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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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