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Moazzam Begg, Senior Director at CAGE International, addresses pro-Palestinian activists gathered outside the Royal Courts of Justice on July 4, 2025, in London. Mark Kerrison / Getty
Profiles

Moazzam Begg: the British activist protesting genocide

When police in London arrested over 460 people during a recent pro-Palestine gathering in Parliament Square, those detained included Moazzam Begg, 57…

Con Coughlin 24 August , 2025
Fghters from Bedouin tribes in western Sweida city on July 19, 2025. AFP
Politics

Sweida is a test case for competing visions for Syria

The recent outbreak of violence in Syria’s southern Sweida province—the birthplace of Syria’s revolution and a Druze-majority region that has managed…

Caroline Rose 24 August , 2025
New details emerge on Kamal Jumblatt's assassination Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

New details emerge on Kamal Jumblatt's assassination

The story of the Syrian army’s entry into Lebanon remains a subject of controversy, even two decades after it withdrew in 2005. It is significant…

Ibrahim Hamidi 23 August , 2025
Opinion

Why some wars are quickly resolved and others left to linger

Two distinct approaches to conflict management can be observed in today's modern conflicts, marking a drastic departure from the principles the…

Houssam Itani 23 August , 2025
An M23 soldier holds damaged weapons in the Stade de l’Unité (Unity Stadium) in Goma, DRC on May 13, 2025. Jospin Mwisha / AFP
Business & Economy

Tariffs and minerals: when trade and resource wars collide

A new 21st-century geo-economic battle is heating up over rare earths, with China using its advantage in trade talks with the United States and the…

Mohamed Sharki 23 August , 2025
Kamal Jumblatt’s letter to Assad days before he was killed Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Kamal Jumblatt’s letter to Assad days before he was killed

On 2 March 1977, just nine days before his assassination, Lebanese politician and leader of the National Movement (NM) Kamal Jumblatt addressed a…

Al Majalla - London 23 August , 2025
Henrique Schneider on literature's power to hold a torch for justice Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Henrique Schneider on literature's power to hold a torch for justice

Two-thirds of the way into a trilogy covering the widespread rights abuses of Brazil’s darkest chapter, Henrique Schneider says he wants to highlight…

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 22 August , 2025
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men stand at one of the gates to the Haram Al Sharif during the annual Tisha B'Av commemorating the destruction of ancient Jewish temples some 2,000 years ago. Menahem Kahana / AFP
Politics

Once shrugged off, Al Aqsa violations now irk more Israelis

Every year, religiously-observant Jews commemorate Tisha b’Av, the date associated with the destruction of the Temple Mount 2,000 years ago by the…

Daniel Seidemann 22 August , 2025
Ishag Abdullah Khatir, 30, from Geneina in West Sudan, whose leg was amputated after RSF soldiers shot him, poses for a portrait on April 20, 2024, in Adre, Chad. Getty
Politics

Foreign meddling in Sudan's war is only part of the problem

Of all the 21st century’s wars, Sudan’s civil war is among the most vicious. More than 150,000 have been killed and 13 million displaced since April…

Sergey Eledinov 22 August , 2025
Opinion

Why Hezbollah is threatened by a stable Syria

A few days after Iranian officials rejected the Lebanese government’s decision to disarm Hezbollah, Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme…

Alia Mansour 21 August , 2025
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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
Al Majalla/Reuters
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
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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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