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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 9, 2024. FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP
Politics

Two stirring speeches and one anti-fascist song tell a story of a divided Europe

It’s one of the staples of television news to show punch-ups in parliamentary settings. These days, such scenes are as common as natural disasters…

Bryn Haworth 21 October , 2024
Relic with queen Amanishakheto and her name in Meroitic hieroglyphs, 1st century BC, sandstone, from Pyramid 6, Meroe, Sudan in the Berlin Ägyptisches Museum. Wikicommons
Culture & Social Affairs

Looting Sudan: From an ancient queen’s jewels to present day

Nations rarely see the theft of their national treasures from space, but for the Sudanese people, satellite imagery in recent months provides…

Tarig Hassan Abusalih 20 October , 2024
Opinion

Women's rights and dignity erode in Houthi-ruled Yemen

The role and status of women in Yemen have long been complex, but until the Houthis took control of much of the country in 2014, women took ‘the…

Hind Aleryani 20 October , 2024
Nabih Berri: The many faces of Lebanon’s longest-serving Speaker Lina Jaradat
Profiles

Nabih Berri: The many faces of Lebanon’s longest-serving Speaker

To say that Nabih Berri is part of Lebanon’s political furniture would be an understatement. He has served as the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament…

Badia Fahs 20 October , 2024
Opinion

Russian strikes in northwest Syria remind everyone who's boss

As global attention zeroes in on Israel's expanding conflicts across the Middle East, a storm is brewing in northwest Syria. After a three-month lull…

Haid Haid 21 October , 2024
The Biden administration's approach to Iran was heavily weighted towards de-escalation as opposed to Trump's focus on deterrence Eduardo Ramon
Politics

How Trump and Harris compare on Iran

Iran looms large as an important policy question in the Middle East these days. But it barely received mention on the campaign trail in the United…

Brian Katulis and Alex Vatanka 17 October , 2024
Opinion

Leaders of a divided Cyprus meet, but resolution still far away

The leaders of both sides of the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus attended an informal dinner on 15 October hosted by Antonio Guterres, the…

Omer Onhon 19 October , 2024
Palestinian children gather at a destroyed vehicle, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Business & Economy

Decades of Gulf aid to war-torn Arab countries tops $363bn

Since 9/11 and America's subsequent war on terror from 2001 onwards, war and conflict have been a mainstay in the Middle East. In 2003, the US…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 19 October , 2024
Sinwar killing leaves many Israelis wondering: what now? Jay Torres
Politics

Sinwar killing leaves many Israelis wondering: what now?

As the news broke out that Hamas’s chief, Yahya Sinwar, was killed, Israeli commentators and anchors kept repeating the same expression in Hebrew…

Michael Horowitz 19 October , 2024
In this file photo taken on June 8, 2022 Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces commander, General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (Hemedti), now de facto deputy military leader, attends a meeting in Khartoum. AFP
Politics

Behind Hemedti's charge against Egypt lies an admission of defeat

Allegations by the commander of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that Egypt staged air strikes against his troops in the Blue Nile…

Amr Emam 19 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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