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Pro-Palestinian protesters attend a rally against US President Donald Trump's recent remarks on Gaza and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Sydney on February 7, 2025. Saeed KHAN / AFP
Politics

Trump comments on Gaza fuel global drive for a just solution for Palestine

If US President Donald Trump’s outlandish proposals for turning the Gaza Strip into the “Riviera of the Middle East” have any merit at all, it is…

Con Coughlin 08 February , 2025
Author Leonardo Garzaro

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Culture & Social Affairs

Brazilian writer Leonardo Garzaro on names and identity

Can people be formed by what they are called? That is the premise of Brazilian writer Leonardo Garzaro’s latest offering, which flows from a dispute…

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 08 February , 2025
Saudi market whets the appetite of Egyptian developers Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Saudi market whets the appetite of Egyptian developers

In October 2023, just a few months after he had criticised the Egyptian government for its economic policies, Egyptian billionaire real estate…

Sharif Mohammad 07 February , 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a meeting with business leaders in central London on January 28, 2025. BENJAMIN CREMEL / POOL / AFP
Politics

Between Trump and the EU, Britain feels increasingly isolated

Britain has marked the fifth anniversary since it departed the European Union with little fanfare. While some of the government’s pro-Brexit critics…

Christopher Phillips 06 February , 2025
Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) and Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov posing for a picture during their meeting in Damascus on January 29, 2025. Reuters
Politics

Al-Sharaa's Russia balancing act

Since the fall of the Syrian regime on 8 December, diplomats from around the world have flocked to Damascus at a pace unseen in decades. However,…

Haid Haid 06 February , 2025
Trump signed two executive orders, one "reimposing maximum pressure on Iran" and a second executive order withdrawing the United States from UNRWA on February 4, 2025. Anna Moneymaker / AFP
Politics

Unpacking Trump’s Iran ultimatum

US President Donald Trump’s top priority in the Middle East is formulating a strategy for effectively curbing Iran’s nuclear aspirations, which seem…

Bilal Saab 06 February , 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa shake hands during a joint press conference following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on February 4, 2025. OZAN KOSE / AFP
Politics

Damascus and Ankara discuss Syria’s key Kurdish question

Shortly after Ahmed al-Sharaa was confirmed as Syria’s interim president, he went to Ankara to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, brought…

Omer Onhon 06 February , 2025
Opinion

Will Trump's tariffs damage the Western alliance?

If US President Donald Trump’s primary purpose in provoking a global trade war is to revive the flagging fortunes of the American economy, he also…

Con Coughlin 06 February , 2025
Netanayhu's attempts to subvert the Gaza ceasefire
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Netanayhu's attempts to subvert the Gaza ceasefire

Fares Garabet 06 February , 2025
Opinion

A new Syria and a reimagined army

Nearly two months after the fall of the Assad regime, the contours of a new Syria are beginning to take shape. In his first address since being…

Ibrahim Hamidi 04 February , 2025
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A collage of Israel's policy of destruction and starvation in Gaza. Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Unpacking Israel's decisive turn towards savagery

23 April 2026

Israel's gloves-off approach since 2023 didn't emerge out of the blue; it is deeply rooted in Zionist and Israeli military thought.

Majed Kayali
Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade

26 April 2026

The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.

Alex Vatanka
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

Iran’s 'mosquito fleet' presents a pesky problem

28 April 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.

Marco Mossad
A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag featuring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of a building left in ruins on 5 June 2013 in the city of Qusayr in the Homs province. AFP
Politics

Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

28 April 2026

Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services

Haid Haid
Culture & Social Affairs

The Arab women raising the bar in travel literature

28 April 2026

In recent years, travel writing has witnessed a striking revival, though along a different path, one now charted by Arab women's voices.

Ibrahim Adel

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