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Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) and Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov posing for a picture during their meeting in Damascus on January 29, 2025. Reuters
Politics

Al-Sharaa's Russia balancing act

Since the fall of the Syrian regime on 8 December, diplomats from around the world have flocked to Damascus at a pace unseen in decades. However,…

Haid Haid 06 February , 2025
Trump signed two executive orders, one "reimposing maximum pressure on Iran" and a second executive order withdrawing the United States from UNRWA on February 4, 2025. Anna Moneymaker / AFP
Politics

Unpacking Trump’s Iran ultimatum

US President Donald Trump’s top priority in the Middle East is formulating a strategy for effectively curbing Iran’s nuclear aspirations, which seem…

Bilal Saab 06 February , 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa shake hands during a joint press conference following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on February 4, 2025. OZAN KOSE / AFP
Politics

Damascus and Ankara discuss Syria’s key Kurdish question

Shortly after Ahmed al-Sharaa was confirmed as Syria’s interim president, he went to Ankara to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, brought…

Omer Onhon 06 February , 2025
Opinion

Will Trump's tariffs damage the Western alliance?

If US President Donald Trump’s primary purpose in provoking a global trade war is to revive the flagging fortunes of the American economy, he also…

Con Coughlin 06 February , 2025
Netanayhu's attempts to subvert the Gaza ceasefire
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Netanayhu's attempts to subvert the Gaza ceasefire

Fares Garabet 06 February , 2025
Opinion

A new Syria and a reimagined army

Nearly two months after the fall of the Assad regime, the contours of a new Syria are beginning to take shape. In his first address since being…

Ibrahim Hamidi 04 February , 2025
Opinion

The sheer lunacy of Trump’s Gaza takeover plan

One of the special privileges of being the president of the United States is that people have to take what you say seriously, no matter how bananas…

Steven A. Cook 06 February , 2025

Gaza hostage swap, climate action and digital art show

MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP
MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP

A digital presentation of paintings by French impressionist painter Claude Monet in Les Carrieres des Lumières in southern France on January 30, 2025.

Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP

Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over an Israeli-American hostage to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on February 1, 2025, as part of the fourth hostage-prisoner exchange.

REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

Palestinians wait to receive aid from an UNRWA distribution point, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 4, 2025.

GREG BAKER / AFP
GREG BAKER / AFP

A woman wearing a traditional costume poses for photos outside the Forbidden City on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on February 2, 2025.

REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

A climate activist wears a scold's bridle as they demonstrate on January 29, 2025, outside the Royal Courts of Justice at a hearing brought by 16 climate activists who have been jailed for their actions in London.

REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha
REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha

Members of the Animal Heroes organisation take part in an anti-bullfighting protest in front of the Plaza de Toros Mexico in Mexico City on February 2, 2025.

REUTERS/Feisal Omar
REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Puntland Security Forces parade newly trained soldiers and equipment to combat the Islamic State (IS) in Bosasso, Bari Region, Puntland region, Somalia January 30, 2025.

RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP
RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP

A juggler rides a unicycle past monks, or Hindu holy men, taking part in the Nagar Yatra procession in Johannesburg on February 1, 2025.

Ousmane Makaveli / AFP
Ousmane Makaveli / AFP

Two traditional Dogon wrestlers fight at the Ogobagna Festival in Bamako on January 30, 2025.

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Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L), his wife Latifa al-Droubi (R), and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (2nd-L), exit the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine while performing Umrah in the city of Mecca on February 3, 2025.

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Al Majalla's Film Watch

From studios in the Arab world and beyond, Al Majalla offers thoughtful critiques of the newest films to hit the screen, from mainstream blockbusters…

Areej Jamal 05 February , 2025
China's DeepSeek deals early blow to Trump’s AI dream Alex Wiliam
Business & Economy

China's DeepSeek deals early blow to Trump’s AI dream

When the Chinese Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek began surpassing everything else in Apple’s App Store at the end of January, the…

Abdulfattah Khattab 05 February , 2025
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Politics

A Houthi takeover of Bab al-Mandab cannot be tolerated

12 September 2026

The Iran-backed group's effective takeover of Yemen's western coast comes with serious regional and global implications. The world needs to act.

Alice Gower
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Inside Assad’s nuclear secrets

09 September 2026

Al Majalla reveals the structure of Syria's nuclear programme 19 years after Israel bombed the Al-Kibar reactor, detailing the involvement of other states and the assassinations that followed

Al Majalla - London
Underwater image of a diver among fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on 8 March 2024. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
Business & Economy

The global race for rare earths reaches the ocean floor

07 September 2026

A critical mineral found on Japan's seabed has caught US attention, and the two are teaming up to see whether it can yield future benefits and reduce their dependence on China

Abdulfattah Khattab
Al Majalla/Reuters
Politics

The murky origins of al-Qaeda explained

09 September 2026

Thousands of Muslim volunteers flocked to Afghanistan in 1979 to fight the Soviets in response to a rallying cry, aided by the largest covert operation in CIA history

Steve Hewitt
Susan Sarandon in Echo Chamber ANDREA MICONI
Culture & Social Affairs

Susan Sarandon on fear, freedom, and refusing to change

08 September 2026

The renowned American actress tells Al Majalla about her gnawing drive for justice at the Venice Film Festival, where her new film 'Echo Chamber' premiered

Leila Amar

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