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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Riyadh on October 9, 2024. SPA
Politics

Is Araghchi trying to save Gaza and Lebanon...or Iran?

Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s new foreign minister, has just covered a lot of ground. His multi-nation tour of the region took in Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt,…

Amr Emam 23 October , 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks from his plane upon arrival at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on October 22, 2024. Nathan Howard / AFP
Politics

Blinken makes final attempt at Gaza truce on last regional visit

The latest diplomatic shuttle mission by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken—which is likely to be his last before next month’s US presidential…

Con Coughlin 22 October , 2024
Opinion

After 45 years, is the Syrian regime finally breaking with Iran?

This is not the first time that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has hinted at a possible departure from the influence of Iran, in whose debt he has…

Ibrahim Hamidi 22 October , 2024
What a new book’s explosive revelations tell us about Biden, Trump, and Putin
Culture & Social Affairs

What a new book’s explosive revelations tell us about Biden, Trump, and Putin

It is a study in contrasts—and of just how dysfunctional the US political system has become, even in the conduct of foreign policy. Over the last…

Michael Hirsh 22 October , 2024
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him (C-L) during a meeting with members of Iran's Expert Assembly in Tehran on September 26, 2019. AFP
Politics

Some alternative forms of governance to Iran's theocracy

Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran shifted from a monarchy to a republican system, but one that is truly distinct. Unlike any other…

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly 22 October , 2024
Global demand for liquid fuel rising despite energy transition Diana Estefanía Rubio
Infographics

Global demand for liquid fuel rising despite energy transition

Oil refineries play a key role in transforming crude oil into essential power sources that people need for their daily lives. As of 2024, there were…

Al Majalla - London 22 October , 2024
Russia's President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with Iran's conservative Parliament Speaker on the sidelines of a BRICS parliamentary forum in Saint Petersburg on July 11, 2024. Valery SHARIFULIN/ AFP
Business & Economy

Putin to unveil his vision for a more balanced world in Kazan

The BRICS group of nations is growing, and its two-day summit will be held in the Russian city of Kazan on 22 October, where newcomers are set to…

Nazareth Seferian 21 October , 2024
Netanyahu puts Israel on a multi-front warpath
Cartoons

Netanyahu puts Israel on a multi-front warpath

Fares Garabet 21 October , 2024
Washington seems to have lost its diplomatic will in Lebanon Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Washington seems to have lost its diplomatic will in Lebanon

Despite the parallels with Israel’s war with Hezbollah in 2006, the latest invasion already dwarfs the conflict of 18 years ago in terms of Lebanese…

Christopher Phillips 21 October , 2024
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign rally at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on October 15, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Kevin Dietsch / AFP
Politics

The Trumpification of American policy

The choice facing America in less than a month will not be made by voters weighing rival sets of policies. Kamala Harris’s plans lack detail; Donald…

The Economist 21 October , 2024
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Grace Russell
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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