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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
The treasure trove of art that emerged from October tragedies
Culture & Social Affairs

The treasure trove of art that emerged from October tragedies

The poet T.S. Eliot famously described April as the “cruellest month”, but the writer Ray Bradbury may be nearer the truth. He named his collection…

Ismail Ghazaly 18 October , 2024
This file photo from October 10, 1973, shows a building destroyed by an Israeli bombing in Damascus during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. AFP
Documents & Memoirs

Damascus under bombs: From Ottomans to French to Israelis

On this day exactly 99 years ago, the residents of Damascus awoke to the sound of explosions ripping through their sleeping city. Colonial France,…

Sami Moubayed 18 October , 2024
Opinion

Is US warning to Israel genuine or a campaign push for Harris?

The ultimatum issued by the Biden administration to Israel, warning that military supplies will be cut if the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza is not…

Con Coughlin 17 October , 2024
PIF: The main driver of Saudi Arabia's economic transformation Diana Estefanía Rubio
Infographics

PIF: The main driver of Saudi Arabia's economic transformation

The PIF has been the primary driver for meeting the needs of Vision 2030, attracting foreign investments, and enhancing local content by increasing…

Al Majalla - London 17 October , 2024
The notion that the sophistication of Israel’s air defences makes it immune to penetration is now under serious review in the wake of recent attacks by Iran, Hezbollah and other "resistance axis" allies. Axel Rangel García
Politics

Cracks emerge in Israel's much-touted missile defences

The aura of invincibility enjoyed for years by Israel’s air defences suddenly finds itself under intense scrutiny following the recent successes…

Con Coughlin 17 October , 2024
Saudi Arabia's economy has what it takes to weather any storm Nash Weerasekera
Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia's economy has what it takes to weather any storm

Across the Middle East, there are six active conflict zones and other areas where tensions and grievances could ignite at any time. In such a…

Khaled Kassar 17 October , 2024
Will simmering Middle East tensions boil over?
Cartoons

Will simmering Middle East tensions boil over?

Fares Garabet 17 October , 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) stands with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant (L) at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on May 1, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein / AFP
Documents & Memoirs

Full text of US letter to Israel: Let aid into Gaza or face consequences

Israel has been put on official notice by the Biden administration in a recent letter leaked by Barak Ravid, an Israeli journalist who works for…

Al Majalla - London 16 October , 2024

Screams of Gaza, colourful forests, and magical bookstores

AFP
AFP

A woman visits a bookstore in Chengdu, in southwestern China's Sichuan province on October 13, 2024.

AP/Vadim Ghirda
AP/Vadim Ghirda

A young man sits in The Colored Forrest, in the village of Poienari, southern Romania, a project by local artists meant to raise awareness of the large-scale deforestation due to excessive logging, Saturday, October 12, 2024.

Philip FONG / AFP
Philip FONG / AFP

People ride on the Diamond and Flower Ferris wheel during the evening hour at Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo on October 14, 2024.

Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP
Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP

A monkey is pictured outside the Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple in Dambulla on October 14, 2024.

DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP
DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP

A young girl dressed as Hindu Goddess 'Durga' sits near the deity's idol during the traditional 'Kumari Puja' as a part of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata on October 11, 2024.

AP/Ramon Espinosa
AP/Ramon Espinosa

People take photos of the spray from waves crashing against the Malecon seawall, brought by the passing of Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, October 9, 2024.

REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

People react at the site of an Israeli strike on tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in front of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, October 14, 2024.

REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

The grandmother of Palestinian boy Yaman Al-Zaanin, who was born and killed during Israel's war on Gaza, reacts at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, October 14, 2024.

AP/Hassan Ammar
AP/Hassan Ammar

Rescue workers search for victims at the site of Thursday's Israeli air strike in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, October 11, 2024.

Iranian Army office / AFP
Iranian Army office / AFP

Iranian and Omani soldiers take part in a joint in a military exercise at an undisclosed location in Oman on October 10 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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