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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in this handout released on May 14, 2025. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Politics

Why Trump decided to lift sanctions on Syria

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump reversed nearly half a century of American policy towards Syria within a span of two to three hours. Somewhere…

Caroline Rose 20 May , 2025
Russia's President Vladimir Putin greets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi prior to the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2025. Mikhail METZEL / AFP
Politics

As Trump visited the Gulf, Egypt was busy meeting with its new friends

Despite the overt business focus of US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East this month, he likely chose this as his first official…

Amr Emam 20 May , 2025
Opinion

The road from Damascus to Washington runs through Riyadh

US President Donald Trump’s visit to Riyadh marked a historic turning point—one destined to be etched into the annals of diplomacy as a moment of…

Ibrahim Hamidi 19 May , 2025
In this photo taken on October 13, 2021, an employee connects solar cells at the Vikram Solar manufacturing plant in Oragadam, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. AFP
Business & Economy

India rising: charting success in global trade

In March, India’s external affairs minister, S. Jaishankar, addressed the UK’s business community at an event in Manchester. He delivered a clear…

Nazareth Seferian 19 May , 2025
Marco Rubio: from Florida senator to top Trump official Dominic Bodden
Profiles

Marco Rubio: from Florida senator to top Trump official

The emergence of Marco Rubio, once a fierce critic of US President Donald Trump, as arguably the most influential figure in the new US administration…

Con Coughlin 19 May , 2025
Opinion

The lifting of Syria sanctions must be followed by real reforms

President Trump’s surprise decision to lift US sanctions on Syria marks a potentially transformative moment for a country long cut off from the…

Haid Haid 19 May , 2025
Trump's move to lift Syria sanctions begs more questions than answers Al Majalla
Politics

Trump's move to lift Syria sanctions begs more questions than answers

On 13 May 2025, President Donald Trump stunned the world in Riyadh when he announced that the US would lift all sanctions on Syria—a nation reeling…

Matt Zweig 19 May , 2025
Israel's war on Gaza: endless strikes and death
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Israel's war on Gaza: endless strikes and death

Fares Garabet 19 May , 2025
With his Syria gamble, Trump opens a door Lina Jaradat
Politics

With his Syria gamble, Trump opens a door

The meeting in Riyadh of presidents Donald Trump and Ahmed al-Sharaa followed the US leader's announcement that sanctions on Syria would end. These…

Frederic C. Hof 18 May , 2025
Israeli spy Eli Cohen.
Documents & Memoirs

This day in history: Israeli spy Eli Cohen executed in Damascus

On this day in 1965, Israeli spy Eli Cohen was executed by hanging in Marjeh Square in the heart of downtown Damascus. His execution verdict was…

Sami Moubayed 18 May , 2025
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Houthis seek expansion after reaching Bab al-Mandab

17 September 2026

After rapid advances, the Yemeni rebel group is fortifying its positions along the vital maritime chokepoint, while intensifying pressure in southwestern Taiz, northern Lahj, and Marib

Ibrahim Jalal
Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Backlash over Macklemore ban shows major US culture shift

16, Sep 2026

The American rapper's removal from Ed Sheeran's tour over his 'Free Palestine' speech and the British singer's meek rebuttal sparked an uproar on social media

Samer Abou Hawwach
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Politics

Francesca Albanese: the Palestine question is a global one

16 September 2026

In an interview with Al Majalla, the UN Special Rapporteur says the backlash against her for speaking out against Israel's genocide in Gaza reveals much about the current international order

Elie Kossaifi
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

AI data centres: the costliest infrastructure race in history?

16 September 2026

Investment could reach $50tn by 2050, but electricity, semiconductors and data laws will determine where the factories of the new economy are built

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during day two of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, on 13 September 2026. REUTERS
Politics

Only China, India, and Russia can end the Iran war

15 September 2026

Washington needs its rivals to create peace on its behalf

Amir Handjani

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