A few days after he resigned from a top government job in Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif changed his mind. He retracted his move to step down and…

Syria rolls out its EXPO 2024 exhibition today (on 4 September), targeting local industry in all its forms. Marketed as an opportunity to sell Syrian…

Regional elections in East Germany have the far right set to win its first state election since the Nazi era. Initial exit polls predicted that the…

Maryam Al Saadi, the acclaimed Emirati short story writer and novelist, builds her literary world around the small, often unnoticed moments of life…

In a bid to expand trade opportunities and diversify its economy, Iraq has drawn up plans for the Iraq Development Road. If realised, it would be a 1…

Al Majalla devotes its September cover story to Iraq, offering in-depth articles and analyses on the international and regional power struggles for…

Iraq’s geography is both a blessing and a curse.In many ways, it's strategic. A gateway between Asia and Europe, it is the land bridge between Saudi…

Baghdad: Since its inception as a state in the 1920s, geopolitics have imposed harsh realities onto Iraq. As such, it has had difficulty managing its…

While international and regional power struggles for influence within Iraq have been commonplace for some time, escalating regional tensions have…

It is time to call time on the notion of an “axis of resistance”. Throughout the 20 years of the term’s existence, it has been useful for invoking…