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From covert to overt: Netanyahu's Doha strike is telling
Politics

From covert to overt: Netanyahu's Doha strike is telling

In 1997, a younger Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the assassination of the newly appointed head of Hamas’s political bureau in exile, Khaled Meshaal…

Michael Horowitz 11 September , 2025
Fathy Embaby on using history to understand the present Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Fathy Embaby on using history to understand the present

The Egyptian historical novelist Fathy Embaby is one of the most compelling voices in contemporary Arab literature, and he has recently published the…

El-Sayed Hussein 11 September , 2025
Opinion

Russian drones over Poland rattle NATO

Russia’s violation of Poland’s airspace, which resulted in NATO shooting down a number of drones flying over Polish territory, represents a serious…

Con Coughlin 11 September , 2025
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa (L), accompanied by Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (C), arrives at an airport in El-Arish on August 18, 2025, to visit Palestinians wounded in Israel's war on Gaza. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
Politics

If Qatar taps out, Egypt can pick up the Gaza mediation baton

The reverberations of Israel’s airstrikes against Hamas negotiators in Qatar on 9 September are still being felt, as diplomats, policymakers, and…

Amr Emam 11 September , 2025
A Hezbollah flag is placed in front of the shrine of Shamoun al-Safa, built within a castle in the village of Shamaa in southern Lebanon's Tyre governorate, on January 31, 2025, that was heavily damaged by Israeli bombing. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP
Business & Economy

Trump Economic Zone plan raises eyebrows in Lebanon

Since US President Donald Trump re-entered the White House in January, he has pursued with vigour a new US model linking security to economic…

Souraya Chahine 11 September , 2025
Doha strike: Israel goes after the Gaza negotiating table
Cartoons

Doha strike: Israel goes after the Gaza negotiating table

Fares Garabet 10 September , 2025
Qatar attack: Netanyahu puts Trump in an awkward spot Michelle Thompson
Politics

Qatar attack: Netanyahu puts Trump in an awkward spot

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to launch an attack against the leadership of Hamas during a meeting at their Qatar headquarters…

Con Coughlin 10 September , 2025
Israel escalates war against Hamas with Doha strike Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Israel escalates war against Hamas with Doha strike

Israel carried out a strike targeting Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, marking a major escalation. This was seemingly the first time…

John Haltiwanger 10 September , 2025
Opinion

What does Israel want from Syria?

The fall of the Assad regime at the end of last year was the biggest blow yet to Iran and its so-called “Axis of Resistance.” For decades, Syria had…

Ibrahim Hamidi 09 September , 2025
A man checks the destruction inside the heavily damaged Syrian army and defence ministry headquarters complex in Damascus, following Israeli strikes on July 16, 2025. Bakr ALkasem / AFP
Politics

Why a Syria-Israel security agreement is so important

In recent days, reports have indicated plans to sign, on 25 September during the UN General Assembly, an Israeli-Syrian agreement focused on security…

Michael Harari 10 September , 2025
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Pep Boatella
Politics

Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
Politics

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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