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A protester holds a poster with an image of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol during a candlelight rally calling for the ouster of the president in Gwanghwamun in Seoul on December 5, 2024. ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
Politics

Are democracies doomed to gridlock and dysfunction?

It’s Debatable: The Stimson Center’s Emma Ashford and the Atlantic Council’s Matthew Kroenig debate pressing issues for policymakers.Matt Kroenig: Hi…

Emma Ashford and Matthew Kroenig 07 December , 2024
Opinion

Events in Syria and Lebanon suggest maps could be redrawn

With civil war reignited in Syria and much of Lebanon still smouldering from Hezbollah’s clash with Israel, the common thread across both is the…

Houssam Itani 06 December , 2024
Fighters drive past an "I Love Hama" sign, which has been repainted in the colours of Syria's opposition flag, in Hama, after anti-government fighters captured the city, on December 6, 2024. Bakr AL KASSEM / AFP
Documents & Memoirs

Hama's fall turns another page on its long and bloody history

The ancient city of Hama rose to fame not for any educational or cultural breakthrough but for the river of blood that flowed through its old alleys…

Manaf Saad 06 December , 2024
Opinion

French government collapse comes at inopportune time

At a time when there is a pressing need for the world’s leading democracies to demonstrate a shared sense of purpose, the dramatic collapse of the…

Con Coughlin 06 December , 2024
A scene from the movie Arzé
Culture & Social Affairs

Oscar submissions reflect Arab hopes and realities

At the end of November, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the longlist for the 97th edition of the Best International Feature…

Areej Jamal 06 December , 2024
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during his interview with Al Majalla Al Majalla
Politics

Mark Rutte: It's important Ukraine negotiates from a position of strength

Brussels: In an in-depth interview with Al Majalla, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reveals that he had discussed strategies for achieving "a fair…

Ibrahim Hamidi 06 December , 2024
Islamist-led rebels pose for a picture with a Syria army helicopter on the tarmac at the Nayrab military airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 2, 2024, after a surprise lightning offensive on November 30. AAREF WATAD / AFP
Politics

Why Assad’s regime is collapsing so quickly

Over the past week, the future of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been placed squarely into question.A coalition of armed opposition factions has gone…

Charles Lister 05 December , 2024
Egypt's EV push drives economic growth and sustainability goals Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

Egypt's EV push drives economic growth and sustainability goals

A hard currency shortage and the devaluation of the Egyptian pound have made it harder for the average citizen to afford to buy new cars. On the…

Marcelle Nasr 05 December , 2024
An opposition fighter fires a rocket against Syrian government forces, in the northern outskirts of Syria's west-central city of Hama on December 4, 2024
Politics

A weak Assad benefits Turkey—and is a headache for Trump

After nearly five years of being written off as a frozen conflict, a new and unprecedented chapter was written over the weekend in Syria’s 13-year…

Jeremy Hodge and Hussein Nasser 05 December , 2024
A driver holds up portraits of Hezbollah's slain leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine as people return to Beirut’s southern suburbs on November 27, 2024, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP
Politics

Hezbollah backers claim ‘victory’ while sifting through rubble

As soon as the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel took effect at 4am on Wednesday last week, large crowds of displaced Lebanese flooded the main…

Badia Fahs 05 December , 2024
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Politics

Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
Politics

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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