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Ahmed al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi during the signing of the agreement to integrate the SDF into state institutions, Damascus, March 10, 2025. AFP
Politics

Sharaa's political pragmatism and the myth of sectarianism

Syria’s new President Ahmed al-Sharaa is acutely aware that national unity is crucial for his country's survival after the downfall of long-time…

Ahmed Maher 13 March , 2025
Trump's leverage over Ukraine
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Trump's leverage over Ukraine

Fares Garabet 13 March , 2025
Martta Kaukonen‬ Otto Virtanen‬
Culture & Social Affairs

Finnish writer Martta Kaukonen on film, fame, and fjords

Martta Kaukonen is a Finnish author and film critic whose acclaimed first novel featured a serial killer in therapy. Born in 1976, she interviewed…

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 13 March , 2025
Opinion

Ukraine’s mineral wealth, not peace, is the prize Trump seeks

The Trump administration’s primary aim in Ukraine is not a desire for peace or the protection of Kyiv but the country’s valuable mineral wealth,…

Tarek Rashed 12 March , 2025

Colourful wall art, festive water sports and Big Ben activism

March, 2025
REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

"Inflammatory Essays" by Jenny Holzer is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art, which closed its doors for five years of renovation work, at the Centre Georges Pompidou modern art museum in Paris on March 10, 2025.

William WEST / AFP
William WEST / AFP

Participants pilot water jet packs on the Yarra River during the annual Moomba Festival in Melbourne on March 10, 2025.

Jeff Moore/ AP
Jeff Moore/ AP

A man holds a Palestinian flag after he climbed up Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben at the Palace of Westminster in London, Saturday, March 8, 2025.

AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP

Palestinians pray or read the Koran inside the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem ahead of the iftar fast-breaking meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on March 8, 2025.

Ismail Kaplan/Getty
Ismail Kaplan/Getty

A dance team display performance on the completely frozen Lake Cildir in Kars, Türkiye on March 9, 2025.

Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP

A Buddhist monk takes part in the "Hi-watari", or fire walking festival at the Takaosan Yakuoin temple in Hachioji city, in the western suburbs of Tokyo, on March 9, 2025.

Abdullah DOMA / AFP
Abdullah DOMA / AFP

A youth jumps while practicing parkour off a beach in the Sabri district of Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on March 9, 2025.

David GRAY / AFP
David GRAY / AFP

Young men play in sea foam created by record-breaking waves as the outer fringe of Tropical Cyclone Alfred started whipping eastern Australia, in Coolangatta on March 6, 2025.

Juni KRISWANTO / AFP
Juni KRISWANTO / AFP

A Muslim woman offers prayers before breaking her fast during the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Muhammad Cheng Hoo Mosque in Surabaya on March 6, 2025.

Armend NIMANI / AFP
Armend NIMANI / AFP

Kosovo police officers stand amid red smoke from flares in front of a police station at a rally for gender equality and against violence towards women to mark the International Women's Day in Pristina, on March 8, 2025.

How might Trump's presidency shape regional dynamics? Sara Padovan
Politics

How might Trump's presidency shape regional dynamics?

The punishing Israeli response to the Hamas and Hezbollah attacks of October 7 and 8 has devastated Gaza and Lebanon, decimated Hamas and Hezbollah,…

Paul Salem 11 March , 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during an official welcoming ceremony for delegations' heads at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. MAXIM SHIPENKOV / AFP
Business & Economy

Can Moldova and Armenia escape Russia’s orbit?

“Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe,” Russian President Vladimir Putin reminded his questioner in December 2023, during his annual sit…

Nazareth Seferian 12 March , 2025
Mazloum Abdi agrees to merge the SDF into Syria's state army Yusra Na'im
Politics

Mazloum Abdi agrees to merge the SDF into Syria's state army

The commander-in-chief of one of the major military groups in Syria—General Mazloum Abdi of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)—has confirmed he…

Ibrahim Hamidi 11 March , 2025
A woman wearing a jilbab with a bouquet of flowers in her hand walks down a street in the Barbes district in Paris on June 25, 2023. JOEL SAGET / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

A walk through Barbès, the migrants’ hub in the heart of Paris

Just north of the French capital’s main train station, Gare du Nord, and a few streets from Montmartre, home of its artists, is the less-loved but…

Sohaib Ayoub 11 March , 2025
Protesters hold up banners reading "Yes to Peace - No to NATO" (R) and "Wages up - armament down" as they attend an anti-war demonstration in Munich on February 15, 2025, on the sidelines of the 61st Munich Security Conference. Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP
Politics

Western liberalism is in retreat

Is Western liberalism in retreat? From a high point after the Cold War, when it appeared liberalism would spread across the globe, today it is under…

Christopher Phillips 11 March , 2025
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Houthis seek expansion after reaching Bab al-Mandab

17 September 2026

After rapid advances, the Yemeni rebel group is fortifying its positions along the vital maritime chokepoint, while intensifying pressure in southwestern Taiz, northern Lahj, and Marib

Ibrahim Jalal
Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Backlash over Macklemore ban shows major US culture shift

16, Sep 2026

The American rapper's removal from Ed Sheeran's tour over his 'Free Palestine' speech and the British singer's meek rebuttal sparked an uproar on social media

Samer Abou Hawwach
Axel Rangel García
Politics

Francesca Albanese: the Palestine question is a global one

16 September 2026

In an interview with Al Majalla, the UN Special Rapporteur says the backlash against her for speaking out against Israel's genocide in Gaza reveals much about the current international order

Elie Kossaifi
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

AI data centres: the costliest infrastructure race in history?

16 September 2026

Investment could reach $50tn by 2050, but electricity, semiconductors and data laws will determine where the factories of the new economy are built

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during day two of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, on 13 September 2026. REUTERS
Politics

Only China, India, and Russia can end the Iran war

15 September 2026

Washington needs its rivals to create peace on its behalf

Amir Handjani

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