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Trump tariffs hit Canada and Mexico hard, but China not so much Diana Estefanía Rubio
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Trump tariffs hit Canada and Mexico hard, but China not so much

Last week, President Donald Trump imposed 10% tariffs on China after reaching last-minute agreements with Canada and Mexico to delay tariffs by 30…

Al Majalla - London 11 February , 2025
Tributes are placed beneath the covered seal of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) at their headquarters in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. Mandel NGAN / AFP
Politics

The chaos at USAID, explained

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been immobilised in recent days as part of the Trump administration’s tumultuous effort to…

John Haltiwanger and Christina Lu 11 February , 2025
Morgan Ortagus AFP_Al Majalla
Profiles

Morgan Ortagus: Trump’s blunt new Middle East envoy

As the new Deputy United States Special Envoy for the Middle East, Morgan Ortagus might be expected to continue her predecessors’ habit of diplomatic…

Aqeel Abbas 11 February , 2025
A sheep herder near the Rumaylan military site in northeastern Syria, January 8, 2025 AFP
Business & Economy

Resource-rich yet underdeveloped, Syria’s northeast could pay dividends

Located in the east, bounded by the Euphrates River to the west and the Tigris River to the east, the Syrian region of Al-Jazira accounts for around…

Attiya Khalaf Al-Attiya 11 February , 2025
Opinion

Lebanon-Syria border clashes dim hopes for regional stability

Lebanon has finally formed a government after electing a president and appointing a prime minister a few weeks back. And the toppling of the Assad…

Ibrahim Hamidi 11 February , 2025
Opinion

Sadly, some Syrians still see Lebanon as an enclave

In 2006, around 274 intellectuals, politicians, and activists from Syria and Lebanon signed a joint declaration advocating for a fundamental reform…

Akram Al-Bunni 10 February , 2025
Saudi film 'Rouge' shows the pressure women face to look young
Culture & Social Affairs

Saudi film 'Rouge' shows the pressure women face to look young

The debut work of Saudi film director Samaher Mously uses dark comedy to highlight how modern women are expected to conform physically in Rouge, a…

Asmahan Al-Sha’abouni 10 February , 2025
Stacks of Syrian pound banknotes are piled on a currency trader's stall at a market in the city of Manbij, currently controlled by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army, in the Aleppo province on January 4, 2025. Aaref WATAD / AFP
Business & Economy

Sanctions relief alone won’t kickstart Syria's economy

The suspension of certain sanctions on Syria is a step toward economic stabilisation, but it is far from sufficient to drive the country’s recovery…

Léa Eid 10 February , 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) hugs Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 5, 2025. WU HAO / AFP
Politics

Beijing visit sees Pakistan recommit to its China alliance

Partly in response to warming US-India relations, Pakistan has chosen to look east to China, where it wants to deepen an alliance. Pakistani…

Kaswar Klasra 10 February , 2025
Trump's controversial 'Gaza Riviera' plan
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Trump's controversial 'Gaza Riviera' plan

Fares Garabet 10 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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