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US President Donald Trump in a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, during his first term, London, December 3, 2019. AFP
Business & Economy

The US-Canada tariff war is a double-edged sword

US President Donald Trump promised to put ‘America First’ and ‘Make America Great Again.’ He is certainly doing the former. Many would query the…

Abdulfattah Khattab 18 February , 2025
Khaddam Files: Bashar tells Hariri, 'I decide who governs Lebanon' Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Khaddam Files: Bashar tells Hariri, 'I decide who governs Lebanon'

To mark the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, which took place on 14 February 2005, Al Majalla unveils…

Al Majalla - London 18 February , 2025
European leaders gather at the Palais de l'Élysée in Paris to discuss a coordinated European response to US President Donald Trump's policies toward the continent and the war in Ukraine. @EmmanuelMacron
Politics

The potential of a Trump-Putin deal leaves Europe in shock 

European leaders filed into the Elysée Palace on 17 February in bright sunshine and a sombre mood. They were still reeling from the message conveyed…

The Economist 18 February , 2025
Opinion

After Munich: US-Russia diplomacy set to kick off in Riyadh

In February 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech from the podium at the Munich Security Conference. In the audience just metres…

Ibrahim Hamidi 17 February , 2025
Opinion

20 years after his assassination, Hariri's vision is finally realised

On 14 February 2005, 20 years ago, the Syrian regime under Bashar al-Assad collaborated with Lebanon’s Hezbollah to assassinate Prime Minister Rafic…

Alia Mansour 17 February , 2025
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Culture & Social Affairs

Arab students' futures in limbo after USAID funds freeze

Donald Trump’s decision to freeze US Agency for International Development (USAID) programmes for 90 days (with limited exceptions) is having far…

Joudy El-Asmar 17 February , 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, during the NATO summit, Watford, December 4, 2019. AFP
Business & Economy

Trump’s trade wars tread a fine line with allies’ patience

An effect of new US President Donald Trump’s early executive actions has been to increase America’s adversaries and to reduce its allies. Yet on he…

Mohamed Sharki 17 February , 2025
Khaddam Files: My first dealings with Bashar al-Assad Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Khaddam Files: My first dealings with Bashar al-Assad

To mark the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, which took place on 14 February 2005, Al Majalla unveils…

Al Majalla - London 17 February , 2025
Israel receives 2,000-pound bombs cleared by Trump
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Israel receives 2,000-pound bombs cleared by Trump

Fares Garabet 17 February , 2025
Opinion

Germany’s pro-Israel policy must end

The recently negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which put an end to more than 15 months of war in the Gaza Strip, is an opportune moment…

 Ilyas Saliba 16 February , 2025
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Politics

Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
Politics

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
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Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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