Even without Donald Trump on the ballot, American elections tend to create conflict. America is the only proper presidential democracy in which the…

Two years ago, Israel’s defence minister, Benny Gantz, unveiled a map that showed where facilities run by the Syrian regime were manufacturing…

Not long ago, oil exports from Kurdistan were central to Kurdish hopes of full independence in this semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq. Yet…

When Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stepped into the hall where the foreign ministers of the Arab League convened earlier this month in Cairo,…

Regardless of who will occupy the Oval Office in January 2025, the issue of a US-Saudi mutual defence treaty will be a major item of US Middle East…

Frequent statements from high-ranking officials in Syria and Turkey about the prospects for normalisation have kept the issue in the spotlight,…

On 24 August, a private jet landed at a French airport. On board was a man in his later thirties known to possess a fortune which, according to…

It is as if an earthquake has struck Jenin. Roads, water pipes, communication networks, and electricity cables have been damaged or destroyed across…

The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. At Al Majalla, we highlight some of our favourite weekly picks—from philosophy and history to…