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IRGC withdrawal from Syria is nothing more than staged theatre

Iran pulled senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers out of Syria following recent Israeli strikes, according to Reuters, citing an…

Alia Mansour 09 February , 2024
Members of Iraq's PMF keep guard on 8 February, 2024, during the funeral of Abu Baqr al-Saadi, a prominent leader in the Kataeb Hezbollah who was killed in an American drone strike on his car in Baghdad a day earlier. AFP
Politics

Regional turmoil prompts radical rethink in US Mideast strategy

The radical rethink taking place in the Biden administration’s approach to the Middle East could result in a profound reset in Washington’s strategy…

Con Coughlin 09 February , 2024
Displaced Palestinian children play near the Palestinian-Egyptian border in Rafah camp, southern Gaza Strip, January 29. EPA
Politics

Egypt and Israel locked in a battle of wills over Gaza border control

There is growing tension between Egypt and Israel as the latter continues to wage its brutal military assault and starvation campaign on the…

Amr Emam 09 February , 2024
Across MENA, the proliferation of militias combines corruption, smuggling, looting, intimidation, and parasitism to swell their coffers at the expense of state treasuries. Mona Eing
Business & Economy

The militia economy in the Middle East

Many, if not most, would argue that armed resistance in a country under attack or occupation is heroic.Travel the world’s cities, and the story of…

Khaled Kassar 09 February , 2024
US complicity in Israel's aggression on Gaza
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US complicity in Israel's aggression on Gaza

Fares Garabet 08 February , 2024
After a major governmental push to develop the country's pharmaceutical industry, the sector is now a major contributor to the national economy. Barbara Gibson
Business & Economy

Treating Egypt to a bright future: How a push to localise drug production has paid off

Egypt is moving to the forefront of the pharmaceutical market, ramping up production of finished treatments and raw materials used in them as part of…

Marcelle Nasr 08 February , 2024
Israeli teacher Meir Baruchin was fired, jailed and spat at by students for criticising Israel's military conduct in Gaza. Péter Csuth/Majalla
Politics

What’s it like for an Israeli Jew to express sympathy for Palestinians?

An Israeli schoolteacher says his country is committing war crimes against innocent civilians in Gaza in response to the 7 October attacks last year…

Ahmed Maher 08 February , 2024
Non-state actors play an outsized role in the region's conflicts and wars. Hezbollah is a prime example of how these actors have blurred the lines between militancy and national governance. Sebastien Thibault
Politics

Non-state actors no more: The evolution of militant groups in the Middle East

Beirut: Global politics and international relations have long been complex. The terminology – and concepts – used to understand the mechanisms that…

Makram Rabah 08 February , 2024
UNRWA on brink of collapse as donors pull life-saving funding Diana Estefanía Rubio
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UNRWA on brink of collapse as donors pull life-saving funding

In January, the US and other major United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) donors suspended funding after Israel claimed a handful of its…

Al Majalla - London 07 February , 2024
Opinion

Disagreement over Red Sea naval mission reflects EU divisions

Plans by European Union member states to launch their own naval protection mission in the Red Sea may help to improve security along the key shipping…

Con Coughlin 07 February , 2024
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Politics

Shaky Israel-Iran ceasefire points to unfinished business

24 June 2025

What Trump has dubbed the '12-Day War' could be just the opening salvo of a much longer conflict

Michael Horowitz
Emergency workers check the damage caused to a building from an Iranian missile strike in Beersheba in southern Israel on June 24, 2025. John Wessels / AFP
Business & Economy

Counting the cost of the Israel-Iran war

24 June 2025

The recent Israel-Iran war is not just a regional flashpoint; it is a mirror reflecting the fragility and interdependence of the modern global economy

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Attacks on Iran make a nuclear bomb more likely

20 June 2025

Iran's nuclear programme is damaged, but its determination is heightened

Eric Brewer
Opinion

Israeli and Iranian claims of victory ring hollow

25 June 2025

Netanyahu did not realise his goal of ending Iran's nuclear programme and regime change, and Iran stood alone in its war with Israel, as global and regional allies left it to fend for itself

Houssam Itani
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

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