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Salam's South Lebanon visit draws loud jeers and silent cheers

A recent visit to war-damaged areas of Lebanon by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam caught his allies and opponents alike off guard. It also provided the…

Badia Fahs 09 March , 2025
Smoke rises while members of the Syrian forces ride on a vehicle as they battle against a nascent insurgency by fighters from ousted leader Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, in Latakia, Syria March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri
Politics

Jableh ambush risks igniting larger Türkiye-Iran confrontation

On 6 March, gunmen loyal to the former Assad regime killed at least 13 security personnel in coordinated raids and ambushes on military checkpoints…

Haid Haid 08 March , 2025
Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in "A Real Pain" Searchlight Pictures
Culture & Social Affairs

'A Real Pain' shows how grief affects people differently

In his second directorial venture, American actor Jesse Eisenberg delves into the complexities of pain—how we perceive it, process it, and live with…

Obaid al-Tamimi 08 March , 2025
A young Druze resident of the village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights carries a Syrian flag during a rally on February 14, 2025. Jalaa MAREY / AFP
Documents & Memoirs

Syrians get Revolution Day reset this March 8

Ever since the Ba’ath Party took power on 8 March 1963, Syrians have been forced to celebrate the day. This year, for the first time in over six…

Sami Moubayed 08 March , 2025
US, Russia and the Saudi gateway Dave Murray
Politics

US, Russia and the Saudi gateway

Amid the rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape, Saudi Arabia has and continues to pursue a strategy of diversified partnerships and open diplomatic…

Al Majalla - London 07 March , 2025
Opinion

In the era of Trump, smart diplomacy is a must

The recent verbal altercation between US President Donald Trump and his Vice President, JD Vance, on one side, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

Ibrahim Hamidi 07 March , 2025
Saudi diplomacy and the changing world order Sam Green
Politics

Saudi diplomacy and the changing world order

Amid a rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape, Saudi Arabia is recalibrating its foreign policy by adopting a bold ‘multi-alignment’ strategy. As it…

Abdulaziz Sager 07 March , 2025
A woman walks outside St. Iveron Convent, which was heavily damaged by artillery and gun fire during battles for the local airport in Donetsk, a Russian-controlled region of Ukraine, on February 25, 2025. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Politics

Trump and Putin plot a course to a new world

The Riyadh negotiations between Washington and Moscow last month ushered in a new phase in US-Russia relations, increasing the prospects not only of…

Samer Elias 07 March , 2025
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Business & Economy

What Canada joining the US might look like

The trade war between the United States and Canada has intensified, with heated statements after the White House implemented US President Donald…

Abdulfattah Khattab 06 March , 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attend a special summit to discuss Ukraine and European defence, in Brussels on March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
Politics

Europe defence spending, Ukraine support top agenda in Brussels

If US President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze aid to Ukraine was aimed at persuading Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to enter peace talks…

Con Coughlin 06 March , 2025
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IRGC soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran on 22 September, 2018. AFP
Politics

The US-Iran war could empower the IRGC

09 March 2026

When states are attacked, authority gravitates towards institutions capable of mobilising resources, enforcing discipline, and coordinating a military response

Alex Vatanka
A picture of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, displayed on a screen in Tehran, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on 9 March 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Iran’s defiant regime picks a new supreme leader

09 March 2026

The appointment suggests the Revolutionary Guards have the upper hand

The Economist
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian is greeted by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during the D-8 summit in Cairo, Egypt, on 19 December 2024. AFP
Politics

Egypt fears an unrestrained Israel if Iran collapses

06 March 2026

Cairo and Tehran have been at loggerheads since 1979, but the Iranian threat has always acted as a check on Israeli ambitions. If Iran is completely defeated, Israel will reign supreme.

Amr Emam
A boy plays with his sheep next to an unexploded missile that landed in an open field on the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, on 5 March 2026. DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP
Business & Economy

Syria may escape war but not its economic fallout

08 March 2026

Even if it stays on the sidelines of the US-Iran war, the country is fragile. Unlike larger economies that can absorb shocks in global markets, it has little room to cushion the impact.

Haid Haid
The displaced Palestinian Abu Mustafa family sits together as they break the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast during Iftar in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on 26 February 2026. Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Ramadan in Gaza: food scarcity compounds suffering

03 March 2026

The iftar table, if it still exists, no longer represents joy, but anxiety and scarcity

Hala Al-Naji

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