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Steve Witkoff: The Trump envoy who sealed the deal in Gaza Eduardo Ramon Trejo / Al Majalla
Profiles

Steve Witkoff: The Trump envoy who sealed the deal in Gaza

Who deserves the most credit for implementing the Gaza ceasefire may be a matter of dispute between newly-inaugurated US President Donald Trump and…

Con Coughlin 26 January , 2025
Iranian soldiers disembark from a military helicopter during a military drill in the Gulf and southern Iran in a handout photo released by the IRGC on January 24, 2025. AFP
Politics

How weakened is Iran, actually?

In farewell remarks to the State Department last week, then-US President Joe Biden declared that Iran “is weaker than it’s been in decades.”Biden’s…

John Haltiwanger 26 January , 2025
Opinion

Syria and Lebanon prove change is possible if the stars align

Developments in Syria and Lebanon go far beyond the mere toppling of regimes or the unseating of power bases. They mark a significant (and wholly…

Majed Kayali 26 January , 2025
Opinion

HTS's ascent could see Iran step up cooperation with IS

The fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has brought hope of widening stabilisation in the Middle East. For more than a decade, the war in…

Lina Khatib 25 January , 2025
Martina Devlin appears on the Late
Late Show on January 8, 2016 in Dublin, Ireland. Phillip Massey/GC Images
Culture & Social Affairs

Irish author Martina Devlin on honing the perfect narrative

Martina Devlin is an acclaimed Irish author and newspaper columnist with a series of books to her name, including full-length novels, collections of…

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 25 January , 2025
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani attends the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Business & Economy

It’s now or never for US engagement in Syria

Among the powerful images following the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was the sight of thousands of political detainees…

Anastasia Moran 25 January , 2025
People erect tents amidst the rubble of destroyed buildings as displaced Palestinians return to the northern areas of the Gaza Strip in Jabalia on January 23, 2025, during a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was reached. Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Politics

After truce, Gazans find nothing—or no one—to return back to

After a relentless 467 days of war on the Gaza Strip, during which Israel’s actions have amounted to genocide, an agreement was finally reached in…

Salem Al Rayyes 25 January , 2025
Murhaf Abu Qasra on building a new army and Syria's future Al Majalla / AFP / Reuters
Politics

Murhaf Abu Qasra on building a new army and Syria's future

As the dust settles after the 2024 military campaign that finally unseated the Assad family from Damascus, Syria’s interim Defence Minister Maj. Gen…

Ibrahim Hamidi 24 January , 2025
Opinion

Trump is no fan of war but will use force if necessary

Amid the flurry of activity that has surrounded President Donald Trump’s first few days in office since re-entering the White House, the first…

Con Coughlin 24 January , 2025
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune shakes hands with European Union Council President Charles Michel during their meeting, on September 5, 2022. Council of the European Union
Business & Economy

Algeria makes the case for a better EU trade deal

A 19-year-old economic partnership between Algeria and the European Union is due to be redrawn this year, but under very different circumstances than…

Rabia Abdul Salam 24 January , 2025
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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
Al Majalla
Politics

Netanyahu's Iran victory claim falls on deaf ears in Israel

29 April 2026

Many Israelis actually believe that they lost the war, with opposition leader Yair Lapid accusing the Israeli premier of having led the country into "strategic collapse and diplomatic catastrophe"

Asaad Ghanem
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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