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Leaked torture videos rehash Syria sectarian grudges

Amjad Yousef, the butcher of the Tadamon neighbourhood, is now in the grip of justice. Atef Najib, head of the Political Security Branch in Daraa…

Alia Mansour 04 May , 2026
Containers and cranes at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, on 14 April 2025. Reuters
Business & Economy

Strings attached: Lebanon’s economic rescue tied to its openness to Israel

The ongoing talks between Lebanon and Israel in Washington are important to both countries for political and security reasons, but there is also a…

Thuraya Shahin 04 May , 2026
A man holds a flag featuring the late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and the new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, at a rally in Tehran on 29 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Real Iran splits and the myth of division

In Washington, the latest speculation is that Iran is deeply divided, perhaps too divided to make a serious diplomatic decision in the standoff with…

Alex Vatanka 04 May , 2026
Global power projection: US vs China
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Global power projection: US vs China

Fares Garabet 04 May , 2026
Opinion

US call for UN "reform" reveals its China anxieties

The US-China competition has officially expanded beyond trade and technology into the very heart of multilateral institutions. The global development…

Ibrahim Hamidi 03 May , 2026
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Badr Abdelatty, receives Economic Advisor to the Eritrean President   Hagos Ghebrehiwet Egypt Foreign Ministry via Twitter
Politics

Egypt brokers US-Eritrea thaw to corner Ethiopia

Egypt is acting as a bridge between the United States and Eritrea in a diplomatic effort that may prove consequential. It brought together US advisor…

Amr Emam 03 May , 2026
US naval blockade puts the squeeze on Iran Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

US naval blockade puts the squeeze on Iran

The US maritime blockade of Iran does not just aim to curb Iranian oil exports but to reshape the network of routes through which this oil travels…

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 03 May , 2026
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during Apple's "It's Glowtime" event in Cupertino, California, on 9 September 2024. AFP/ Al Majalla
Profiles

Tim Cook wrote a winning recipe for Apple

Sometimes a company encapsulates its times. Ford and its Model T captured the go-getting mood of the Roaring Twenties. IBM embodied the techno…

The Economist 03 May , 2026
A Lebanese guard stands in front of  Magen Abraham, the last Jewish synagogue in Lebanon at Wadi Abou Jmil, Beirut's former Jewish neighbourhood, in the war-devastated city centre. JOSEPH BARRAK / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

New book recalls Beirut’s once-vibrant Jewish quarter

In the book When the Jewish Balconies of Wadi Abu Jamil Went Dark, veteran Lebanese journalist Nada Abdelsamad documents the lives of Beirut’s Jews,…

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush 03 May , 2026
Orbán defeat: a setback for populists; a boost for Brussels Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Orbán defeat: a setback for populists; a boost for Brussels

The electoral earthquake that shook Hungary on 12 April brought an end to 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán, one of the most prominent symbols of the…

Khattar Abu Diab 02 May , 2026
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Iran war deepens cracks in America’s alliances

31 August 2026

The sense that the US may be less committed to its allies' security is prompting a rethink of long-held assumptions, much to the delight of China and Russia

Christopher Phillips
An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods in Devighat, Bidur Municipality, Nepal's Nuwakot district, on 27 August 2026. PRABIN RANABHAT / AFP
Science & Technology

Nepal pays the price for climate change

02 September 2026

Melting glaciers and devastating floods are hitting the Himalayas

Bibek Bhandari
Noelia de Alda
Politics

How Gaza turned US public opinion against Israel

30 August 2026

Supporting Israel used to help politicians get elected, but with Americans far more critical of Tel Aviv's influence on US policy, it has now become a liability at the ballot box

Assal Rad
A woman cools off under a mist sprayer during the annual street music festival 'Fete de la Musique' while taking part in a heatwave in Bordeaux, southwestern France on 21 June 2026. ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP
Business & Economy

As the world grows hotter, a 'cooling economy' emerges

30 August 2026

It is not just a fancy name for the air-conditioning industry, but an intricate system that begins with power stations and extends to the design of buildings and cities

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Palestinian-German author Alena Jabarine Tim Oehler
Culture & Social Affairs

Alena Jabarine on Palestine advocacy in Germany

01 September 2026

The Palestinian-German author speaks to Al Majalla about the challenges facing Palestinian voices in Germany and how she engages German readers from within their own cultural and political context

Mohammed Magdy

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