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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
One of the world's richest countries, Qatar still has some economic challenges. In part, these hinge on cultural changes. Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Qatar looks ahead to its next economic challenges

The world’s richest country, Qatar is smaller than the US state of Connecticut, yet this 160km peninsula in the Arabian Gulf punches well above its…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 20 July , 2025
US President Donald Trump attending the third US-Africa Summit in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP
Politics

US-Africa relations: Trump shifts from ‘aid to trade’

Earlier this month, at a summit in Washington, D.C. attended by five heads of state, US President Donald Trump declared a move “from aid to trade”…

Sergey Eledinov 19 July , 2025
Protesters wave Iranian and Hezbollah flags during a rally at Beirut airport on February 15, 2025. Iran's strategy of using militias is now in tatters. AFP
Politics

Two’s a crowd: the strategy of forward defence in the Middle East

The Middle East is in a state of suspended animation, neither plunged into total war nor buoyed by enduring peace. Within this uneasy equilibrium,…

Ross Harrison 19 July , 2025
Bahrain's Finance Minister Sheikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves sign bilateral investment deals in London on 19 June 2025. Gov.uk
Business & Economy

Entering a new phase: UK-Bahrain relations

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa’s visit to London in June highlights how Bahrain wants to consolidate ties with a post-Brexit UK, while…

Neil Quilliam 18 July , 2025
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen backs the central government's desire for sovereignty over its territory but says that, in a transition period, this is best done through dialogue and by building trust. Al Majalla/AFP
Politics

UN envoy to Syria: true loyalty to the state cannot be coerced

The United Nations’ Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, has said the country’s central government in Damascus should aim to establish sovereignty…

Ibrahim Hamidi 18 July , 2025
Opinion

Sectarian flare-ups in Syria give Israel an excuse to bomb

The escalating sectarian violence in Syria, which led Israel to bomb key government buildings in Damascus, is by far the most serious challenge posed…

Con Coughlin 18 July , 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
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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