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The Lebanese painters who captured this year's war
Axel Rangel Garcia
Culture & Social Affairs

Lebanese artists on how their art helps them process war

In war, artists often grapple with questions of purpose and meaning as they manage their emotions in the chaos of a world whose images, values, and…

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 15 December , 2024
An armed Tuareg group in the desert outside Menaka in Malki on March 14, 2020. AFP
Politics

What does the merger of Tuareg rebel groups mean for Mali?

Mali may soon enter a new chapter of conflict after the announcement of a historic merger of four movements representing the Tuareg population in…

Rabia Abdul Salam 15 December , 2024
Resuscitating Syria’s economy is crucial but will not be easy Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Resuscitating Syria’s economy is crucial but will not be easy

The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria shocked the world and ended more than 50 years of rule by what became a dynasty of dictators. Cities…

Joseph Daher 15 December , 2024
Israel’s economic pains deepen as its regional wars widen Adrián Astorgano
Business & Economy

Israel’s economic pains deepen as its regional wars widen

While Israel’s military has had success on the battlefield to the north, south, and east, its finance ministry is having to dodge economic bullets of…

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 14 December , 2024
A Syrian woman holds a picture of President Bashar al-Assad as other protestors fly Palestinian and Syrian flags during a demonstration to mark Land Day in Damascus on March 30, 2012. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP
Documents & Memoirs

The Assads were phony champions of the Palestinian cause

There was nothing selfless about the Syrian Assad regime’s “ideological” stances. To gain legitimacy, it proclaimed its values to be unity, freedom,…

Majed Kayali 14 December , 2024
Members of Russian and Syrian forces at the Abu Al-Duhur crossing on the eastern edge of Idlib province on August 20, 2018. AFP
Politics

How the fall of Assad has been a strategic loss for Russia

The rapid collapse of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime dealt a big blow to Russia’s global reputation and represents a strategic loss…

Samer Elias 14 December , 2024
Opinion

Assad's fall throws the future of Syria's Kurds into question

While the long-overdue overthrow of Bashar al-Assad has been a cause for celebration for the vast majority of Syrians, there are some groups—most…

Con Coughlin 13 December , 2024
A long March-2F carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou-19 spacecraft and crew of three astronauts lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in the Gobi desert, northwest China, on October 30, 2024. ADEK BERRY / AFP
Science & Technology

Why China is building a Starlink system of its own

On 5 December, a Long March 6a rocket blasted off from Taiyuan Satellite Centre in Shanxi province in northern China. Aboard was the third batch of…

The Economist 13 December , 2024
Former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and his counterpart Elias Hrawi during their meeting in Damascus on March 14, 1998. AFP
Politics

Assad's fall could put Lebanon and Syria on divergent paths

Social media users recently unearthed a tweet from former Lebanese interior minister and MP Suleiman Frangieh, in which he suggested that his…

Houssam Itani 13 December , 2024
A woman inspects the cells of the famous Sednaya prison north of Damascus after the fall of the Assad regime.
 AP/Hussein Malla
Culture & Social Affairs

Blood-curdling tales emerge from Assad's torture dungeons

Bashar al-Assad’s escape from Syria was not the only defining moment of his brutal regime’s collapse. Alongside it was the storming of his infamous…

Samer Abou Hawwach 13 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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