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Jens-Frederik Nielsen: the Greenlandic premier standing up to Trump Karagh Byrne
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Jens-Frederik Nielsen: the Greenlandic premier standing up to Trump

At a time of deepening tensions with Washington over US President Donald Trump’s desire to seize control of Greenland, the ancestry of the country’s…

Con Coughlin 25 January , 2026
Trump's Board of Peace gives hints of his vision for a new world order AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Trump's Board of Peace gives hints of his vision for a new world order

With a hesitant United Nations endorsement, the proposed Board of Peace was initially devised to uphold the ceasefire in Gaza, oversee reconstruction…

Tarek Rashed 25 January , 2026
A man walks past a mural depicting SDF supporters raising a flag showing the face of Abdullah Öcalan, the founding leader of the PKK, in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on December 16, 2024. Delil Souleiman/AFP
Politics

The SDF: from chosen US security partner to liability

Since its inception under American auspices, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has served as the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State…

Subhi Franjieh 24 January , 2026
Will US involvement change Venezuela’s role in OPEC? Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Will US involvement change Venezuela’s role in OPEC?

Venezuela’s relationship with the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) stretches back decades. In September 1960, Venezuela stood…

Faisal Faeq 24 January , 2026
Opinion

Emerging Kurdish divisions threaten Syria’s peace

The Syrian army's operation against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), launched in Aleppo in the first week of January, upended Syria’s political…

Omer Onhon 23 January , 2026
Somalia State Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Omar in Mogadishu, on 26 October 2024. Somalia Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Politics

Somali foreign minister eyes Saudi-Egypt alliance

Somalia, a geostrategic nation of approximately 19 million people located on the Horn of Africa, has endured long-standing political and economic…

Ahmed Maher 23 January , 2026
Norwegian author Jon Fosse receives the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature during the award ceremony at the concert hall in Stockholm on 10 December 2023. Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AF
Culture & Social Affairs

Nobel winner Jon Fosse: my language is my homeland

The Norwegian novelist, playwright, and poet Jon Fosse was in Saudi Arabia recently to discuss the art of writing at the King Abdulaziz Centre for…

Jaber Muhammad Madkhali 23 January , 2026
Opinion

US-NATO crisis averted after Greenland issue 'resolved'

Having threatened to cause the biggest rift in the history of the NATO alliance over his statement that the US has to "have" Greenland, US President…

Con Coughlin 22 January , 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with President of China Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Friday, 16 January 2026. Sean Kilpatrick/Pool via REUTERS
Business & Economy

Geoeconomic concerns top Global Risk Report

The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026, published earlier this month, cited geoeconomic confrontation as a top risk for the year, with…

Majalla 22 January , 2026
Trump to SDF: 'Your services are no longer needed'
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Trump to SDF: 'Your services are no longer needed'

Fares Garabet 22 January , 2026
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Business & Economy

The tiny waterway that put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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