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(COMBO) US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. SAUL LOEB / AFP
Politics

Trump and Zelenskyy have an Oval Office smackdown

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy got into an unusually heated exchange in the Oval Office on Friday, as Trump…

Keith Johnson 01 March , 2025
Opinion

Will Öcalan’s call for the PKK to disband be heeded?

In the conference room of a hotel in Taksim Square in Istanbul on 27 February, in front of reams of journalists and Kurdish activists, there were…

Omer Onhon 28 February , 2025
Opinion

A dire Ramadan for those living in the shadow of conflict

During the month of Ramadan, Muslims around the world reconnect with their faith. It should be a time for friends and family to come together and for…

Hanan Balkhy 28 February , 2025
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Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla’s Book Watch

The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. At Al Majalla, we highlight some of our favourite picks—from philosophy and history to science,…

Khodr Al Agha 28 February , 2025
From Syria to Gaza: a blueprint for rebuilding the Middle East Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

From Syria to Gaza: a blueprint for rebuilding the Middle East

Syria’s new top diplomat has settled into his role with such remarkable ease that it is hard to imagine that, until very recently, he was a key…

Alaa Shahine Salha 28 February , 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House, February 27, 2025 in Washington, DC, US. Carl Court / REUTERS
Politics

Trump softens Ukraine rhetoric following Starmer meeting

The arrival of British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in Washington to meet Donald Trump seemed to have moved the dial back on the US president's…

Con Coughlin 28 February , 2025
There is still more we can do to fight the tobacco epidemic AFP_Shutterstock_Al Majalla
Science & Technology

There is still more we can do to fight the tobacco epidemic

In the past 20 years, tobacco use has dropped by one-third globally, and there are an estimated 118 million fewer tobacco users today compared with…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Adriana Blanco Marquizo 27 February , 2025
Opinion

Political legitimacy is an increasingly elusive pursuit

The National Dialogue in Syria and ministerial discussions in Lebanon represent two baby steps to restoring political legitimacy and representation…

Houssam Itani 27 February , 2025
Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton in "The Room Next Door" El Deseo/Warner Bros
Culture & Social Affairs

Pedro Almodóvar bathes death in light, colour, and calm

Many films have explored the theme of death, whether directly or indirectly. Indeed, few great literary, cinematic, or artistic works are untouched…

Samer Abou Hawwach 27 February , 2025
Palestinian women cry as killed members of the Abu Taha family are brought for burial outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis following Israeli bombardment east of the city in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2024. Bashar TALEB / AFP
Politics

Israel’s actions strike at the foundations of international law

What remains of the international order? For more than 500 days, Israel, enabled by powerful nations providing diplomatic cover, military hardware,…

Cyril Ramaphosa, Anwar Ibrahim, Gustavo Petro, Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla 27 February , 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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