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An image of the late leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah with a black stripe for mourning is displayed on a television set airing a broadcast from the private Lebanese station NBN in Beirut on September 28, 2024.
Politics

How the myth of Hezbollah's invincibility died in the span of a week

The saying attributed to Lenin that there are decades where nothing happens and weeks, where decades happen, has never been truer than the week that…

Michael Horowitz 29 September , 2024
A dominant figure in Lebanon since 1992, when he became secretary-general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah can be credited with reshaping the playing field of Lebanese politics for over three decades Robert Carter
Profiles

Nasrallah assassination: An end of an era

Born on 31 August 1960 to a vegetable vendor from the village of Bassouriyeh in South Lebanon, Hasan Nasrallah hailed from a working-class family…

Sami Moubayed 28 September , 2024
Opinion

Filling the void: Syria’s Assad seeks to reprise a role in Lebanon

Not long ago, a senior-level meeting was convened in Damascus. Supported by key Arab states, it explored the reassertion of Syrian influence in…

Ibrahim Hamidi 01 October , 2024
Opinion

No free pass for Lebanese who fanned the flames of war

Lebanon finds itself engulfed in a war imposed on its people and calls for solidarity from the region to support those suffering from this latest…

Houssam Itani 28 September , 2024
This video grab shows Malian security personnel detaining a man after Mali's army said a military training camp in the capital, Bamako, was attacked on September 17 2024. AP
Politics

Bamako attacks expose the fragility of AES states

The recent series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Bamako highlight the growing strength and reach of JNIM (Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin),…

Aman Bezreh 28 September , 2024
Smoke billows following Israeli strikes over Beirut's southern suburbs throughout the night of September 27 and early morning of September 28, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Politics

Israel targets Hezbollah’s top leader in Beirut

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday, just one hour before the Israeli air force…

Anusha Rathi 28 September , 2024
A man inspects the rubble of a house destroyed in Israeli bombardment in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila. Hassan FNEICH / AFP
Business & Economy

War has hurt Israel's economy but devastated Lebanon's

For decades, the Lebanese economy has been battered by wars and invasions, but the financial fallout and social damage from Hezbollah’s current…

Salwa Baalbaki 27 September , 2024
The weaponisation of everyday items throughout history Axel Rangel Garcia
Documents & Memoirs

The weaponisation of everyday items throughout history

Georgi Markov felt a sharp pain in his thigh. The Bulgarian writer, broadcaster, and dissident was waiting for a London bus in September 1978 when a…

Steve Hewitt 27 September , 2024
A photo of Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah amid the devastation in an area targeted by Israeli air strikes at night in a village in Sidon on September 26, 2024. AFP
Politics

Israel dead set on beating Hezbollah back, no matter the cost

Nearly a year since Hezbollah began attacking Israel in support of Hamas, the medium-intensity conflict has reached an inflexion point. Hezbollah had…

David Schenker 27 September , 2024
A Pakistani woman with tuberculosis holds different antibiotics. Around 1.5 million people in Pakistan suffer from the illness, which is increasingly becoming drug-resistant. TBIJ/BSAC/Khaula Jamil
Science & Technology

World leaders commit to action to ensure the future of modern medicine

At the United Nations General Assembly in New York, all countries approved a major new political declaration to radically scale up efforts to combat…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 26 September , 2024
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Iran’s waning influence

27 June 2025

Our July issue features in-depth articles and expert analyses exploring the future of Iran's influence and the long-term reverberations for the region

Al Majalla - London
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid centres: a real-life Hunger Games

02 July 2025

Israel's commandeering of aid distribution in Gaza forces starving Palestinians to run the gauntlet at centres with biometric monitoring systems, armed security, and life-or-death hazards

Hala Al-Naji
People gather to celebrate after Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as the new president, on January 9, 2025, in Al-Aaishiyah, Lebanon. Ramiz Dallah/Getty
Politics

Lebanon’s second chance at statehood

02 July 2025

The crippling of Hezbollah's dominance and the Assad regime's fall in Syria have created a narrow but historic opening for the Lebanese people

Paul Salem
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Oman is quietly redefining its development model

29 June 2025

It is no longer the Gulf's quiet outlier but a country quietly setting a new standard for sustainable economic development in the region

Neil Quilliam
Lina Jaradat
Politics

How the Middle East can capitalise on Iran’s regional setback

02 July 2025

The US security umbrella will focus on Iran's direct threats, but regional states should deal with Tehran's residual proxy groups in the region

James Jeffrey

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