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After difficult year, OPEC malaise likely to persist Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

After difficult year, OPEC malaise likely to persist

2024 was a challenging year for OPEC+. Oil prices remained subdued as crude supply growth outpaced demand, and the group of oil exporting nations…

Maher Chmaytelli 26 December , 2024
2024 saw Trump return, the far right rise, and Assad fall Eduardo Ramón
Politics

2024 saw Trump return, the far right rise, and Assad fall

How has the world beyond the Middle East changed in 2024? Perhaps the most significant development was the re-election of Donald Trump in November’s…

Christopher Phillips 26 December , 2024

2024 in pictures

AFP
AFP

A new volcanic eruption is pictured on the outskirts of the evacuated town of Grindavik, western Iceland.

OZAN KOSE / AFP
OZAN KOSE / AFP

People wave independence-era Syrian flags as they gather at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square after the Friday noon prayer in Aleppo on December 13, 2024, to celebrate the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad.

REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Children play amidst the rubble of their house that was destroyed in the village of Mansouriyeh, after the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah took effect, southern Lebanon December 4, 2024.

REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Palestinians wait to receive food during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 13, 2024.

Rebecca DROKE / AFP
Rebecca DROKE / AFP

Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face, surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024.

Kostiantyn Liberov/Getty
Kostiantyn Liberov/Getty

Mortar platoon soldiers with an 82mm mortar perform a combat mission as Ukrainian soldiers hold their positions in the snow-covered Serebryan Forest in temperatures of -15°C on January 10, 2024, in Kreminna, Ukraine.

David Ramos/Getty
David Ramos/Getty

A member of the fire brigade, which is part of a search and rescue unit, carries out work as cars and debris block a tunnel on the border of Benetusser and Alfafar municipalities after the recent flash flooding on November 1, 2024.

Jerome BROUILLET / AFP
Jerome BROUILLET / AFP

Brazil's Gabriel Medina reacts after getting a large wave in the 5th heat of the men's surfing round 3, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo'o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti, on July 29, 2024.

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Majid Saeedi/Getty

Mourners attend the funeral of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on May 22, 2024, in Tehran, Iran.

REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Buddhist monks pray at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple during a ceremony commemorating Makha Bucha Day in Pathum Thani province outside Bangkok, Thailand, February 24, 2024.

Opinion

Four key challenges for Syria's new government

It's been quite the eventful month in Syria, to put it mildly. The 54-year-old Assad regime has been toppled, and the focus has quickly shifted to…

Ibrahim Hamidi 25 December , 2024
A crucifix in a lattice of the Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene atop the Mount of Olives looks out at the Dome of the Rock in the Aqsa mosque complex in the old city of Jerusalem. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Religious intolerance isn't intrinsic to Islam but came later

The way major faiths resonate in the world can change over time in a pattern which reveals how values and ideals can shift, even around the most…

Abdullah Al-Rashid 25 December , 2024
Let that sink in! Elon Musk realises the Silicon Valley dream Alexandra España
Science & Technology

Let that sink in! Elon Musk realises the Silicon Valley dream

As Donald Trump’s victory in the US election became clear, Elon Musk shared a meme of himself carrying a large porcelain sink into the Oval Office…

Bryn Haworth 25 December , 2024
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (C-R) gestures to Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian (5th-R) and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C-L) after a group picture during the D-8 summit in Cairo on December 19, 2024. AFP
Politics

Geopolitical faultlines begin to show in a post-Assad region

The different political positions held by three of the Middle East’s main powers were on display at a summit for developing nations held in Cairo…

Amr Emam 25 December , 2024
Cryptocurrency markets see uptick in investor confidence Diana Estefanía Rubio
Infographics

Cryptocurrency markets see uptick in investor confidence

As of 2024, global cryptocurrency ownership is estimated at an average of 6.8% of the world population, with over 560 million people owning…

Al Majalla - London 24 December , 2024
Is Trump’s election a boost for Europe’s populists? Sara Padovan
Politics

Is Trump’s election a boost for Europe’s populists?

Donald Trump’s re-election has been greeted with joy by Europe’s populists. Even before the US presidential vote, right-wingers were on the march in…

Christopher Phillips 24 December , 2024
Opinion

Syrian resolve for a better future outweighs challenges

Now that Bashar al-Assad has fled and his regime has collapsed, Syrians are taking the first steps in the very long and challenging journey of…

Alia Mansour 24 December , 2024
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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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