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Jordan at a crossroads: political tension at home, unrest abroad

In the Jordanian capital of Amman, what analysts say on local satellite talk shows and what they share candidly in the city’s private evening salons…

Malek Al Athamna 22 July , 2025
Stepping into the shoes (or shadow) of an investment legend is no easy thing, as Greg Abel is nominated to succeed Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway. Mona Eing & Michael Meissner
Business & Economy

Big shoes to fill: Greg Abel takes the reins at Berkshire Hathaway

It is no small thing to succeed a man who turned a struggling textile mill into an American holding company worth $1.2tn, but that is the fortune of…

Abdulfattah Khattab 22 July , 2025
Explosions on the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Magic Seas on July 8, 2025. Houthi fighters attacked and boarded the vessel before planting explosives that were detonated remotely. Ansarullah Media Centre/AFP
Politics

Alone and unloved, Yemen has been left to the Houthis and Iran

The recent attacks on two ships that were then sunk by the Yemen-based Houthi movement in the Red Sea took much of the world by surprise. This is due…

Anwar Al-Ansi 22 July , 2025
A member of the Internal Security Forces stands watch at a checkpoint in the village of Al-Mazra'a, after days of violence in Sweida between Bedouin fighters and Druze factions, on 20 July 2025. Karam al-Masri/Reuters
Politics

Solution needed: Sweida’s ceasefire is a pause, not peace

A US-brokered ceasefire has brought a temporary end to the deadliest wave of violence to have hit the southern Syrian city of Sweida in decades. What…

Haid Haid 21 July , 2025
Opinion

Sweida shows the world what needs to change in Syria

There is no doubt that the violence in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida over recent days represents the most serious test for Syria and its new…

Ibrahim Hamidi 21 July , 2025
Tying the president to a sex scandal Fares Garabet
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Tying the president to a sex scandal

Fares Garabet 21 July , 2025
An oil and gas platform off the coast of Libya on February 25, 2022. Türkiye and Greece are at loggerheads over a Turkish-Libyan agreement on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea. Getty Images
Politics

To Tobruk and back: Greeks tread water over Med delineation

After the downfall of Libya’s long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the nation drifted into a civil war between the Tripoli-based Government of…

Omer Onhon 21 July , 2025
Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip on July 17, 2025. Jack Guez/AFP
Politics

A ‘concentration camp’ in Gaza will put Egypt in a tough spot

Israel’s plan to establish a “concentration camp” for 600,000 Palestinians in southern Gaza causes deep concern in Egypt. If implemented, it would…

Amr Emam 21 July , 2025
Opinion

Leaders evoke the glories of the past for the wars of the present

It was interesting to hear that Iranian leaders have begun to take a leaf out of other nations’ book by conjuring national heroes of the past in…

Houssam Itani 21 July , 2025
United Nations Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese Yusra Naim
Profiles

Francesca Albanese: UNHRC Special Rapporteur for Palestine

In a sign of the deepening friction between the Trump administration and UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) official Francesca Albanese, US Secretary of…

Con Coughlin 20 July , 2025
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Politics

Government drones redraw the rules of war in Yemen

09 September 2026

A military expert writes about new weaponry on the battlefield that could tip the balance of power away from the Houthis, while also highlighting the challenges

Robert Tollast
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
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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