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Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, uses a diagram of a bomb to describe Iran's nuclear programme while delivering his address to the 67th United Nations General Assembly meeting on September 27, 2012. DON EMMERT / AFP
Politics

Fact or fear? how Netanyahu ‘securitises’ Iran’s existential threat

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has portrayed Iran as posing an existential threat to his country, invoking a powerful form of political…

Ahmed Maher 19 June , 2025
Opinion

Trump's reported approval of Iran strikes could set the region ablaze

The revelation that US President Donald Trump has given his private authorisation for the US military to attack Iran raises the alarming prospect of…

Con Coughlin 19 June , 2025
'Arab in the Corridors of Parliament: My Story and Politics in Israel' by Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

A window into the experience of Palestinian citizens of Israel

A new book by the former Arab Israeli politician Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi raises complex, painful, and enduring questions both for Palestinians, Arabs,…

Mohamed abi Samra 19 June , 2025
A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while gathering with others during a rally in solidarity with the government against Israel's attacks on Iran on June 14, 2025. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

Iran is further from regime change than Israel thinks

Israel's unprecedented attack on Iran is hardly surprising. It follows decades of animosity, proxy battles and covert intelligence operations. But…

Houssam Itani 19 June , 2025
What would happen if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz? Michelle Thompson.
Business & Economy

What would happen if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz?

Former Iranian Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi has said that tankers and LNG cargoes should only transit the Strait of Hormuz with Iranian…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 19 June , 2025
How Israel pulled off its unprecedented strike on Iran Eduardo Ramon
Politics

How Israel pulled off its unprecedented strike on Iran

In the early hours of 13 June, Israel launched one of the most ambitious and meticulously planned operations in its modern history—an unprecedented…

Michael Horowitz 18 June , 2025
Israel-Iran missile fire drowns out calls for diplomacy
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Israel-Iran missile fire drowns out calls for diplomacy

Fares Garabet 18 June , 2025
Activists from a local youth organisation wave Iranian flags and chant anti-Israel slogans during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 15, 2025.
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Politics

Pakistan sides with Iran, but may only be able to offer words

In a region already teetering on the edge of madness, where every drone strike sounds like the whisper of apocalypse and every televised funeral…

Kaswar Klasra 18 June , 2025
Heading towards a ‘war economy,’ Egypt prepares for the worst Barbara Gibson
Business & Economy

Heading towards a ‘war economy,’ Egypt prepares for the worst

The regional economic fallout from the Israel-Iran war has shaken trajectories, transformed expectations, and caused headaches in Arab capitals, not…

Marcelle Nasr 18 June , 2025
Opinion

The contours of Israel's imperial project are taking shape

On 9 April 2003, as US forces entered Baghdad’s Firdos Square, a group of young men emerged from a nearby alley and made their way toward the…

Houssam Itani 18 June , 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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