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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference after a mini-war cabinet meeting on October 28, 2023. AFP
Politics

Will Israel’s Netanyahu survive the ceasefire?

When then-US President-elect Donald Trump warned last December that there would be “ALL HELL TO PAY” if the Israeli hostages held by Hamas weren’t…

David E. Rosenberg 24 January , 2025
Opinion

In the Rotunda and out of the cold, America 2.0 is inaugurated

Freezing cold weather in Washington brought the presidential swearing-in ceremony of Donald Trump indoors, from the customary US Congressional steps…

Houssam Itani 23 January , 2025
Syria defence chief Murhaf Abu Qasra on the plan to oust Assad Al Majalla / AFP / Reuters
Politics

Syria defence chief Murhaf Abu Qasra on the plan to oust Assad

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 23 January , 2025
How music helps bring hope and healing to Gaza's war-torn Al Majalla/Axel Rangel Garcia
Culture & Social Affairs

How music helps bring hope and healing to Gaza's war-torn

In Gaza's displacement camps, songs of defiance fill the air— a testament to the enduring spirit of a people who have managed to survive 15 months of…

Houssam Marouf 23 January , 2025
Sudan faces starvation crisis of historic proportions
Cartoons

Sudan faces starvation crisis of historic proportions

Fares Garabet 23 January , 2025
Is apartheid South Africa to blame for Big Tech politics? Axel Rangel Garcia_Al Majalla
Science & Technology

Is apartheid South Africa to blame for Big Tech politics?

It would be an understatement to say that Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been irritating a lot of people just lately. He’s been doing so…

Bryn Haworth 23 January , 2025
Three-time president Hashim al-Atassi presided over the drafting of Syria’s first charter in 1920, its second in 1928, and its third in 1950, earning him the moniker "Father of the Constitution" Wikipedia
Documents & Memoirs

Syria's constitutional history: Past charters and future prospects

Speaking to the Saudi channel al-Arabiya shortly after toppling Bashar al-Assad last December, Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, said that penning…

Sami Moubayed 22 January , 2025
Opinion

Saudi renewables: Building on last year's record growth

Donald Trump’s re-election as President of the United States (US) is poised to have a significant impact on global energy markets, policies, and…

Neil Quilliam 22 January , 2025

Trump inauguration, Gaza ceasefire and more from the world

Chip Somodevilla / Reuters
Chip Somodevilla / Reuters

President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.

Kenny Holston / AFP
Kenny Holston / AFP

President-elect Donald J. Trump entering the state of his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States inside the Capitol Rotunda of the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Monday, January 20, 2025.

Narinder NANU / AFP
Narinder NANU / AFP

An artist gives final touches to a painting of US President-elect Donald Trump in Amritsar, in India's state of Punjab, on January 19, 2025.

REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

A Palestinian man reacts while riding a horse-drawn cart as he returns to his devastated neighbourhood, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip, January 19, 2025.

REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta

Freed Palestinian prisoner Nidaa Zaghebi is greeted by her daughters after her release from an Israeli jail as part of a hostage swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel in Jenin on January 20, 2025.

Ercin Erturk / Getty
Ercin Erturk / Getty

The destroyed statue of Syria's former president Hafez al-Assad, the father of Bashar al-Assad, the leader of the 61-year Baath regime that collapsed in Syria, in Deir Atiye of Damascus countryside, Syria on January 19, 2025.

Burak Akbulut / Getty
Burak Akbulut / Getty

Men ride horses through a bonfire made of pine branches after the horses were blessed by a priest to protect them during the 'Las Luminarias' festival in the town of San Bartolome de Pinares in Avila, Spain on January 16, 2025.

REUTERS/Raquel Cunha
REUTERS/Raquel Cunha

A man attends a ceremony commemorating the Feast of San Antonio Abad, the patron saint of domestic animals, at the San Bernardino de Siena Cathedral in Xochimilco on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico January 17, 2025.

FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP
FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP

Northrop F-5E Tiger II aircraft of the aerobatic team of the Swiss Air Force perform an aerobatic display ahead of the men's Super-G event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup event in Wengen, Switzerland on January 17, 2025.

REUTERS / Tiksa Negeri
REUTERS / Tiksa Negeri

Ethiopian Orthodox faithful blow traditional trumpets during the annual Epiphany celebration called "Timket" to commemorate Jesus Christ's baptism in the Jordan River by John the Baptist, in Batu, Ethiopia, January 19, 2025.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian after signing the association treaty in the Kremlin on January 17, 2025.
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Politics

Russia and Iran stand side by side...for now

It may be coincidence that Iran and Russia pledged to deepen their strategic relationship just days before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the…

Samer Elias 22 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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