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Syria adopts a new realism amid Israeli threats

Days after Assad fell and fled, Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, received then-Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. During this meeting, a…

Alia Mansour 25 August , 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord, in Istanbul after signing a military deal on November 27, 2019. Mustafa Kamaci / AFP
Politics

The fight over Mediterranean gas turns to Tobruk

After the downfall of Libya’s long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the nation drifted into a civil war between east and west. The west, based in…

Omer Onhon 25 August , 2025
People mourn for Palestinian journalists Moaz Abu Taha and Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor, who were killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in Gaza on August 25, 2025, along with 15 others. AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

'Genocide didn't unfold in Gaza; it was the intent all along'

In his recently published book The Genocide in Gaza: A Legal Reading in the Custody of the International Court of Justice (Arab House of Science…

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush 25 August , 2025
Opinion

In Ukraine, Russia reaps gains as Europe's coffers drain

The landmark meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska laid bare geopolitical realities, but perhaps…

Khaled Kassar 25 August , 2025
Opinion

Syria needs a new reconstruction approach

In Syria’s post-Assad transition, investment announcements have become a fixture of the official news cycle. From glittering real estate ventures to…

Haid Haid 25 August , 2025
Palestinian citizens of Israel protest near the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv, against the closure of the Rafah crossing and the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip on July 31, 2025. Jack GUEZ / AFP
Politics

What is behind Egypt’s escalating criticism of Israel?

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s recent description of the war in Gaza as “systematic genocide” might have surprised some people. The…

Amr Emam 25 August , 2025
A destroyed Lebanese bank after it was set on fire by protesters, Tripoli, June 12, 2020. AFP
Business & Economy

Investment in Lebanon: capital inflows depend on reforms

These are big moments for Lebanon. Earlier this month, the cabinet voted to disarm armed groups like Hezbollah by the end of 2025, and the national…

Souraya Chahine 25 August , 2025
'Greater Israel' threatens to stain the region
Cartoons

'Greater Israel' threatens to stain the region

Fares Garabet 25 August , 2025
Opinion

Netanyahu blocks Trump's path to a Nobel Prize

By now it is no secret that US President Donald Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize. To this end, he has consistently cast himself as a peacemaker by…

Wahid Abdel Maguid 24 August , 2025
Lebanese abstract artist Saloua Choucair and one of her works
Culture & Social Affairs

Saloua Raouda Choucair: a century of abstraction

In the lap of a pine-covered mountain, just below the town of Ras el-Metn in Mount Lebanon, lies the museum of the late Lebanese artist Saloua Raouda…

Mohamed abi Samra 24 August , 2025
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Politics

A Houthi takeover of Bab al-Mandab cannot be tolerated

12 September 2026

The Iran-backed group's effective takeover of Yemen's western coast comes with serious regional and global implications. The world needs to act.

Alice Gower
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Inside Assad’s nuclear secrets

09 September 2026

Al Majalla reveals the structure of Syria's nuclear programme 19 years after Israel bombed the Al-Kibar reactor, detailing the involvement of other states and the assassinations that followed

Al Majalla - London
Underwater image of a diver among fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on 8 March 2024. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
Business & Economy

The global race for rare earths reaches the ocean floor

07 September 2026

A critical mineral found on Japan's seabed has caught US attention, and the two are teaming up to see whether it can yield future benefits and reduce their dependence on China

Abdulfattah Khattab
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Politics

The murky origins of al-Qaeda explained

09 September 2026

Thousands of Muslim volunteers flocked to Afghanistan in 1979 to fight the Soviets in response to a rallying cry, aided by the largest covert operation in CIA history

Steve Hewitt
Susan Sarandon in Echo Chamber ANDREA MICONI
Culture & Social Affairs

Susan Sarandon on fear, freedom, and refusing to change

08 September 2026

The renowned American actress tells Al Majalla about her gnawing drive for justice at the Venice Film Festival, where her new film 'Echo Chamber' premiered

Leila Amar

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