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a mural depicting Lebanese Druze politician Walid Jumblatt (bottom, R) and Syrian Druze nationalist leader Sultan al-Atrash, in the predominantly Druze city of Beit Jann on November 16, 2023. John MacDougall/AFP
Politics

Druze political figures who transformed Syrian history

Upon entering Damascus following its liberation from Ottoman rule in 1918, Emir Faisal Ibn al-Hussein announced that appointments to government…

Sami Moubayed 25 July , 2025
Iran's economic hopes are closely aligned to its political decisions. Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

Iran’s economic potential still relies on reform and stability

During the 12-day war with Israel in June, Iran’s military and nuclear infrastructure suffered damage that is likely to cost billions of dollars to…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 25 July , 2025
Opinion

If Israel defends minorities, why is it annihilating its own?

While Israel has been bombing Syria under the pretext of protecting Syria’s Druze minority, it has been simultaneously engaged in genocide in Gaza…

Houssam Itani 25 July , 2025
The president and the pillars of the global order Fares Garabet
Cartoons

The president and the pillars of the global order

Fares Garabet 24 July , 2025
Saudi writers are once again interested in the nomadic way of life and how that conflicts with life in an urban environment. Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Between nomadism and urban life in new Saudi novels

Since the dawn of humanity, the arts have been inseparably woven into the fabric of human existence. In literature, specific genres have been…

Ibrahim Adel 24 July , 2025
Opinion

Thou shalt not cross: Trump listens to Wall Street on the Fed

It is a short walk from the White House to the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C. at the intersection of Constitution Avenue and 20th Street. Yet…

Khaled Kassar 24 July , 2025
Israel's Ministry of Finance estimated that the state's recent war costs stood at $31bn by the end of 2024, and could rise to $70bn by the end of 2025. Sebastien Thibault
Business & Economy

War is draining Israel’s economy… but the stock market is booming

Following the 12-day war between Israel and Iran—which ended with direct US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, a halt to hostilities, and the…

Souraya Chahine 24 July , 2025
Unravelling the factions, sheikhs, and fighters of Sweida Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Unravelling the factions, sheikhs, and fighters of Sweida

Sweida in southern Syria dominated world headlines this month for good reason. With more than 1,000 people killed in a little over a week, the…

Subhi Franjieh 24 July , 2025
A member of Syrian security forces stands near a vehicle carrying aid as they make their way to Sweida, at Bosra al-Sham town, near Deraa, Syria July 23, 2025. Karam al-Masri/Reuters
Politics

After Sweida: the path to peace just got more complicated

The violence in Sweida over recent days has illustrated not only Syria’s deep complexity but also the need for patience and prudent policymaking to…

Michael Harari 24 July , 2025
British diplomat Martin Griffiths was UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs until 2024 and has worked throughout the Middle East. Barbara Gibson
Politics

Martin Griffiths: let’s state facts, this is genocide in Gaza

For 40 years, Martin Griffiths has been flying into the world’s hotspots and trouble zones, speaking to those deemed unpalatable, trying to make…

Ibrahim Hamidi 23 July , 2025
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Pep Boatella
Politics

Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
Politics

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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