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Opinion

Israel’s enemies saw dissent as weakness. They were wrong.

The internal political battles within Israel, waged by Israelis against Israelis, have often lulled Israel’s enemies into a false sense of hope…

Majed Kayali 04 November , 2024
A film still from 'It Ends With Us' imdb.com
Culture & Social Affairs

How cinema is catching up to modern notions of love

Defining love in a rapidly changing world is increasingly challenging. We live in times of technological upheaval, with conflicts casting a shadow…

Areej Jamal 04 November , 2024
Supporters of US President Donald Trump protest outside the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. AFP
Documents & Memoirs

Controversial elections in American history

Although rare, controversy over US election results and accusations of election fraud have swirled a few times in the nation's history. Some cases…

Sami Moubayed 04 November , 2024
UNRWA ban brings Israel's contempt for the UN to the fore
Cartoons

UNRWA ban brings Israel's contempt for the UN to the fore

Fares Garabet 04 November , 2024
Naim Qassem: The austere ex-chemist now leading Hezbollah Lina Jaradat
Profiles

Naim Qassem: The austere ex-chemist now leading Hezbollah

Since his rise to prominence, Sheikh Naim Qassem has attracted limited public attention or media coverage. Eyes do not follow him, nor do cameras…

Badia Fahs 03 November , 2024
A new US president and a ‘New Middle East’ Sebastien Thibault
Politics

A new US president and a ‘New Middle East’

Choosing our November cover story was particularly challenging as it comes on the cusp of the US election, which is guaranteed to have global…

Al Majalla - London 03 November , 2024
Is regime change making a comeback in US foreign policy? Nash Weerasekera
Politics

Is regime change making a comeback in US foreign policy?

Twenty-two years after the US toppled Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq, talk of regime change has resurfaced in Washington. In 2002, US President…

Robert Ford 03 November , 2024
More mirages of a 'New Middle East' Michelle Thompson
Politics

More mirages of a 'New Middle East'

In the midst of a previous Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon 18 years ago, US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice opposed calls for a ceasefire and…

Paul Salem 03 November , 2024
Opinion

America’s next president and yet another ‘New Middle East’

Selecting the cover story for our November issue was particularly challenging because it coincides with two significant events: the US elections and…

Ibrahim Hamidi 03 November , 2024
During his presidency from 2017-21, Donald Trump recognised the Golan Heights as Israeli, approved of Israeli settlement-building in the West Bank, and cut most ties to the Palestinians. Getty Images
Politics

Netanyahu favours Trump, but he could come to regret it

In the United States, the polls in the run-up to the 5 November presidential election show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald…

David E. Rosenberg 02 November , 2024
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Politics

Gulf states should steer clear of attritional war traps

01 April 2026

The US-Israeli war against Iran aims to draw in Gulf states, but history has shown that entering wars is far easier than exiting them. Prudence is needed now more than ever.

Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi
Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin speaks at a press conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 25 August, 2025. Luka Dakskobler / Getty
Politics

'Israel is exploiting Iran war to kill a Palestinian state'

01 April 2026

PA Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin tells Al Majalla that Israel is taking advantage of the fact that the world is distracted by the US-Iran war to create irreversible facts on the ground

Ahmed Maher
Ewan White
Politics

Iraq's internal battle for influence comes to a head

31 March 2026

New fronts have opened up across the region in light of the US-Israeli war on Iran, as non-state actors with links to Tehran fear for their futures

Rustum Mahmud
People gather during a celebration called by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) at the Umayyad Square, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, 20 December, 2024. Reuters / Ammar
Business & Economy

US-Iran war gives Syria's global economic pitch more urgency

01 April 2026

Given the effective closure of the Hormuz Strait and Houthi threats to close off the Red Sea, Syria may emerge as a corridor and conduit to bypass these embattled maritime chokepoints

Charles Lister
Farid al-Madhan Reuters/ Al Majalla
Politics

Farid al-Madhan: Assad's fingerprints were on every picture

31 March 2026

A former army forensics employee who later became known as Caesar tells Al Majalla how he risked his life to expose the torture and killing of countless Syrians in regime prisons

Ibrahim Hamidi

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