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Migrants disembark from a lifeboat on the southeast coast of England after being picked up at sea while crossing the English Channel from France on August 16, 2023. HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
Politics

Europe's leaders take notes on Meloni's tough migration stance

At a time when Europe is struggling to cope with illegal migration, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni's uncompromising approach to tackling the…

Con Coughlin 29 September , 2024
An image of the late leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah with a black stripe for mourning is displayed on a television set airing a broadcast from the private Lebanese station NBN in Beirut on September 28, 2024.
Politics

How the myth of Hezbollah's invincibility died in the span of a week

The saying attributed to Lenin that there are decades where nothing happens and weeks, where decades happen, has never been truer than the week that…

Michael Horowitz 29 September , 2024
A dominant figure in Lebanon since 1992, when he became secretary-general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah can be credited with reshaping the playing field of Lebanese politics for over three decades Robert Carter
Profiles

Nasrallah assassination: An end of an era

Born on 31 August 1960 to a vegetable vendor from the village of Bassouriyeh in South Lebanon, Hasan Nasrallah hailed from a working-class family…

Sami Moubayed 28 September , 2024
Opinion

Filling the void: Syria’s Assad seeks to reprise a role in Lebanon

Not long ago, a senior-level meeting was convened in Damascus. Supported by key Arab states, it explored the reassertion of Syrian influence in…

Ibrahim Hamidi 01 October , 2024
Opinion

No free pass for Lebanese who fanned the flames of war

Lebanon finds itself engulfed in a war imposed on its people and calls for solidarity from the region to support those suffering from this latest…

Houssam Itani 28 September , 2024
This video grab shows Malian security personnel detaining a man after Mali's army said a military training camp in the capital, Bamako, was attacked on September 17 2024. AP
Politics

Bamako attacks expose the fragility of AES states

The recent series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Bamako highlight the growing strength and reach of JNIM (Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin),…

Aman Bezreh 28 September , 2024
Smoke billows following Israeli strikes over Beirut's southern suburbs throughout the night of September 27 and early morning of September 28, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Politics

Israel targets Hezbollah’s top leader in Beirut

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday, just one hour before the Israeli air force…

Anusha Rathi 28 September , 2024
A man inspects the rubble of a house destroyed in Israeli bombardment in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila. Hassan FNEICH / AFP
Business & Economy

War has hurt Israel's economy but devastated Lebanon's

For decades, the Lebanese economy has been battered by wars and invasions, but the financial fallout and social damage from Hezbollah’s current…

Salwa Baalbaki 27 September , 2024
The weaponisation of everyday items throughout history Axel Rangel Garcia
Documents & Memoirs

The weaponisation of everyday items throughout history

Georgi Markov felt a sharp pain in his thigh. The Bulgarian writer, broadcaster, and dissident was waiting for a London bus in September 1978 when a…

Steve Hewitt 27 September , 2024
A photo of Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah amid the devastation in an area targeted by Israeli air strikes at night in a village in Sidon on September 26, 2024. AFP
Politics

Israel dead set on beating Hezbollah back, no matter the cost

Nearly a year since Hezbollah began attacking Israel in support of Hamas, the medium-intensity conflict has reached an inflexion point. Hezbollah had…

David Schenker 27 September , 2024
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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to hold

07 April 2026

If the ceasefire collapses, China has an interest in getting the two sides back to the table, but it would be a difficult task given Tehran's deep mistrust of the US and Israel.

Xiaotong Yang
Al Majalla
Politics

5 unanswered questions on the US-Iran ceasefire

09 April 2026

The fragile truce faces significant obstacles.

John Haltiwanger
Al Majalla
Politics

The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

07 April 2026

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

Brian Katulis
Awami Rickshaw Union workers holding posters of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, shout slogans after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in Lahore on 8 April 2026. Arif ALI / AFP
Politics

Behind the truce: Pakistan mediation proves pivotal

08 April 2026

Islamabad is humming with behind-the-scenes diplomacy to turn this tentative pause into lasting peace.

Kaswar Klasra
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands during a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 29 March 2026. Reuters
Politics

Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

08 April 2026

Israel's parliament approved a draconian death penalty law last week that only applies to Palestinian prisoners, in a move that the UN says "would constitute a war crime"

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly

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