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Shipping lanes vital to global economy Diana Estefana Rubio
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Shipping lanes vital to global economy

International trade is coordinated through numerous shipping lanes worldwide. According to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), about 90%…

Al Majalla - London 27 December , 2023

Lebanese and Israelis remain displaced as cross-border strikes intensify

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AFP

This picture taken from a position along the border in northern Israel on December 26, 2023 shows smoke billowing in the southern Lebanese village of Marwahin following Israeli bombardment amid ongoing cross-border tensions.

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AFP

Boys play in the yard of a school where displaced Lebanese families from villages near the southern border took refuge in Tyre city, on October 19, 2023.

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AFP

Israelis evacuated from northern areas near the Lebanese border due to ongoing cross-border tensions lift placards during a rally near the northern Amiad Kibbutz, demanding to return home on December 26, 2023.

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AFP

A soldier stands near a car destroyed in a strike by Lebanon's Hezbollah movement in Kibbutz Manara in northern Israel near the Lebanon border, on November 27, 2023.

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AFP

A picture taken in the southern Lebanese village of Meiss El-Jabbal, near the border with Israel, shows the rubble of a destroyed building following Israeli bombardment on December 26, 2023, amid ongoing cross-border tensions.

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AFP

Israelis evacuated from northern areas near the Lebanese border due to ongoing cross-border tensions, lift Israeli and a Druze flag during a rally near the northern Amiad Kibbutz, demanding to return home on December 26, 2023.

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AFP

Members of a family that was displaced from a village along the border with Israel in southern Lebanon sit on a mattress on the floor in an empty flat in the southern Lebanese village of Hasbaya on October 26, 2023.

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AFP

Israelis evacuated from northern areas near the Lebanese border due to ongoing cross-border tensions, lift placards during a rally near the northern Amiad Kibbutz, demanding to return home on December 26, 2023.

This general view shows an Ethiopian national flag flying in front of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia, on February 19, 2022. AFP
Politics

Ethiopia pushes Egypt into tight corner after Nile dam talks collapse

The failure of the latest round of talks over Ethiopia's Blue Nile dam brings the curtains down on 12 years of futile negotiations over the gigantic…

Amr Emam 27 December , 2023
Discoveries have increased the Kingdom’s reserves of an alternative means of electricity generation, helping it move away from liquid fuel and toward a bigger role in the global market. Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Gas-powered growth: Saudi Arabia takes oil know-how to new markets

A series of natural gas discoveries have helped Saudi Arabia move toward a bigger role in the global market for the commodity and helped it become…

Faisal Faeq 27 December , 2023
The Fall of the House of Usher Credit: Eike Schroter (Netflix)
Culture & Social Affairs

Netflix horror series does great justice to Edgar Allan Poe classic

Over eight captivating episodes of The Fall of the House of Usher, his last to stream on Netflix, the writer and director Mike Flanagan gave us one…

Nawwar Jabbour 27 December , 2023
Opinion

Iranian influence grows while all eyes are on Gaza

While everyone is preoccupied with the brutal war being waged by Israel against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Jordan faces an escalating…

Alia Mansour 27 December , 2023
An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is seen silhouetted as the sun sets, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza Reuters
Politics

The return of conquest wars

War is back. The horrendous violence seen in Gaza, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine during 2023 has raised concerns that conflict may become increasingly…

Christopher Phillips 26 December , 2023
The 43rd Gulf Cooperation Council Summit at the King Abdulaziz International Convention Centre in Riyadh, 9 December 2022.
Business & Economy

The Gulf Cooperation Council lacks economic cooperation

When the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries met in Doha on 5 December 2023, the horrifying events in Gaza overshadowed the talks…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 26 December , 2023
An armed Yemeni sits on a boat in front of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship, seized by the Houthis, 05 December 2023. EPA
Politics

Maintaining a defensive-only posture in the Red Sea is risky

The longer Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea are allowed to continue, the greater is risk of escalation. Global trade flows are being…

Kevin Donegan and Sam Mundy 26 December , 2023
Opinion

The invisible war in the Middle East

Currently, there are two distinct levels of conflict and messaging: one in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, and the other in the broader region…

Ibrahim Hamidi 25 December , 2023
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Politics

Iran’s waning influence

27 June 2025

Our July issue features in-depth articles and expert analyses exploring the future of Iran's influence and the long-term reverberations for the region

Al Majalla - London
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid centres: a real-life Hunger Games

02 July 2025

Israel's commandeering of aid distribution in Gaza forces starving Palestinians to run the gauntlet at centres with biometric monitoring systems, armed security, and life-or-death hazards

Hala Al-Naji
People gather to celebrate after Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as the new president, on January 9, 2025, in Al-Aaishiyah, Lebanon. Ramiz Dallah/Getty
Politics

Lebanon’s second chance at statehood

02 July 2025

The crippling of Hezbollah's dominance and the Assad regime's fall in Syria have created a narrow but historic opening for the Lebanese people

Paul Salem
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Oman is quietly redefining its development model

29 June 2025

It is no longer the Gulf's quiet outlier but a country quietly setting a new standard for sustainable economic development in the region

Neil Quilliam
Lina Jaradat
Politics

How the Middle East can capitalise on Iran’s regional setback

02 July 2025

The US security umbrella will focus on Iran's direct threats, but regional states should deal with Tehran's residual proxy groups in the region

James Jeffrey

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