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Netanyahu's idea of a reshaped Middle East
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Netanyahu's idea of a reshaped Middle East

Fares Garabet 01 December , 2025
The Moroccan dirham emerges as an alternative currency in African markets Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

The Moroccan dirham emerges as an alternative currency in African markets

A growing number of African states are exploring adopting regional currencies instead of the dollar, the euro, and the CFA franc for intra-African…

Mohamed Sharki 01 December , 2025
US President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House on 18 November 2025, in Washington, DC. Win McNamee / Getty
Politics

Saudi Arabia and the US: renewing a long partnership

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Washington on 18 and 19 November was no routine visit—it marked the renewal and strengthening of an…

Al Majalla - London 30 November , 2025
US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman watch a flight of F-35's and F-15's during a welcome ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, on 18 November 2025, in Washington. AP /Evan Vucci
Politics

No US-Saudi defence treaty yet, but a good first step

One of recent history’s most enduring lessons is that great, generational alliances are seldom built on handshakes alone. They survive when they are…

Abdullah F. Alrebh 30 November , 2025
US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stand with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and others at the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Washington, DC. on 19 November, 2025. SPA
Politics

The full list of Saudi–US deals clinched in Washington

Saudi Arabia and the United States, along with several companies and institutions from both nations, signed a series of agreements and memoranda of…

Majalla - Washington 30 November , 2025
Opinion

Refashioning a Saudi-US partnership fit for the future

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Washington in November was not the typical palm-pressing conglomeration of diplomatic niceties…

Ibrahim Hamidi 30 November , 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attend a welcoming ceremony for participants of the BRICS summit in Kazan on 22 October 2024. Maxim Shemetov / POOL / AFP
Politics

Egypt's multipolar balancing act is paying off

A hot wind rolled in from the Mediterranean on 19 November. A few metres from the coast, a 330-tonne pressure vessel manufactured in St. Petersburg…

Amr Emam 30 November , 2025
The head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, Kirill Dmitriev,‬ speaks to the media ahead of his meeting with the US delegation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia‬, on 18 February 2025. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
Profiles

Kirill Dmitriev: Russia oligarch-turned-Ukraine peace negotiator

The timely intervention of Russian financier Kirill Dmitriev has been crucial to US President Donald Trump’s latest diplomatic efforts to achieve a…

Con Coughlin 30 November , 2025
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Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla's Book Watch

The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. Al Majalla selects some notable titles in our fortnightly round-up of the latest Arabic books,…

Khodr Al Agha 30 November , 2025
Pope Leo XIV presides over the Holy Mass at the Volkswagen Arena, during his first apostolic journey, in Istanbul, Türkiye, on 29 November 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Politics

Why Pope Leo XIV chose Türkiye as his first foreign trip

Pope Leo XIV, the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.5 billion Catholics and head of state of the Vatican, is on an official visit to Türkiye—the…

Omer Onhon 29 November , 2025
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A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on 28 February 2026 as US and Israeli attacks on the country commence. ATTA KENARE / AFP
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US-Israel attack Iran but end goal remains unclear

27 February 2026

Military strategists have long warned that war should be waged only if those waging it know what they want to achieve. Herein lies a problem: Washington's war aims in Iran are incoherent.

Futoshi Matsumoto
Al Majalla
Politics

Iran’s strategy for war with the US

25 February 2026

Tehran isn't likely to easily fold if/when Trump attacks. This means that the longer a military confrontation drags out, the more untenable Washington's position becomes.

Bilal Saab
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Ukraine: the war that shook the world

23 February 2026

The conflict has forced Russia to scale back its global footprint and NATO to boost its defence spending. Meanwhile, China and Middle powers have emerged as key beneficiaries.

Christopher Phillips
AFP / Al Majalla
Science & Technology

Renewables on track to redefine global energy

23 February 2026

Natural resources like solar, wind, and water are set to provide 36% of global electricity production this year. Even for sceptics like Donald Trump, the trends are unmistakable.

Mohammed Mansour
Gregori Saavedra
Politics

Was Jeffrey Epstein a spy?

24 February 2026

Some point to his possible links to Mossad through his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, whose father was a known Israeli spy, and assert that he blackmailed powerful figures to exert influence

Al Majalla - London

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