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Opinion

Trump's warning to Israel shows its precarious position

As predicted, Israel is ignoring UN Security Council resolution 2728 passed earlier this week, which called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. …

Houssam Itani 30 March , 2024
Supporters of US President Donald Trump protest outside the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Lifting the veil on America's invisible civil war

The United States is sharply divided ahead of November’s general election, which will see the same two candidates face off again. The last one was so…

Shadi Alaa Aldin 30 March , 2024
In this photograph provided by the Syrian news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) talks with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell May 3, 2003 in Damascus. Getty
Documents & Memoirs

Khaddam Files: Powell hands al-Assad list of demands

When Syria’s former Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam left for Paris in 2005, he took reams of papers, reports, notes, and files with him.Khaddam…

Ibrahim Hamidi 30 March , 2024
Opinion

Victory in survival: Will Hamas choose the Kurdish option?

Half a century ago, the Algiers Agreement was reached between Iraq and Iran, which ended the latter's support for the Kurdish nationalist movement…

Rustum Mahmud 28 March , 2024
Opinion

Why is Syria staying quiet on Gaza?

In a recent edition of Kuwaiti newspaper Waqt Al-Siyassah (Politics Time), journalist Abdulrahman Al-Rashed discussed the Syrian regime’s silence…

Alia Mansour 29 March , 2024
Supporters of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune celebrate his victory in the presidential elections on December 13, 2019. AFP
Politics

Why Algeria is holding early elections

Algeria’s decision to hold early presidential elections may have surprised some, but for those paying attention, it wasn't such a shock.President…

Rabia Khreis 29 March , 2024
An Iraqi Kurdish youth flashes the victory gesture in front of a Kurdish flag amid celebrations in the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, on September 25, 2017, as Iraqi Kurds vote in a referendum on independence. AFP
Politics

Iraqi federalism: How a flawed approach to governance sowed deep-seated grievances

Design flaws within Iraq's federal governance system—which was hastily drawn up in 2005 in the aftermath of the US overthrow of Saddam Hussein with…

Ayad Al-Anbar 29 March , 2024
On the eve of America’s invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Syrian and Iranian leaders met to consider their options. In part 6 of a seven-part series, Al Majalla reveals their shared concerns and hopes. Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Khaddam Files: Khamenei-Assad plot to turn post-Saddam Iraq into America's 'new Vietnam'

When Syria’s former Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam left for Paris in 2005, he took reams of papers, reports, notes, and files with him.A trusted…

Ibrahim Hamidi 29 March , 2024
Opinion

With Gaza in ruins, Netanyahu looks north for his survival

Had it happened at any other time, the injury of UN military observers in southern Lebanon would have been big news, causing major ructions. After…

Ibrahim Hamidi 01 April , 2024
Israel decimates Gaza's healthcare system
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Israel decimates Gaza's healthcare system

Fares Garabet 28 March , 2024
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranians on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (portrait), in Tehran on June 4, 2025. KHAMENEI.IR / AFP
Profiles

Ali Khamenei: the guardian of Iran's strategic patience doctrine

21 June 2025

For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone

Arash Azizi
Eduardo Ramon
Politics

How Israel pulled off its unprecedented strike on Iran

18 June 2025

Years of painstaking intelligence work went into the operation that activated vast networks of operatives and involved multiple layers of subterfuge

Michael Horowitz
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

17 June 2025

Israel sees an opportunity to eliminate a strategic regional rival, but the future course of events primarily hinges on what Trump decides to do next

Houssam Itani
Michelle Thompson.
Business & Economy

What would happen if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz?

18 June 2025

The strait carries up to 20% of the world's oil exports at around 20 million barrels of oil each day. Any closure could cost the global economy greatly, even if only for a short time.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi
Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Will Iran-Israel strikes derail Trump's Mideast vision?

14 June 2025

Trump and Netanyahu disagree on whether to use military force to stop Iran's nuclear programme, and Israel's punishing attack on Iran places the region on a worrisome trajectory

Robert Ford

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