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The state's refusal to engage with bondholders risks keeping Lebanon out of the funding markets, draining its remaining reserves as creditors seek redress. Nash Weerasekera
Business & Economy

A huge legal battle between Lebanon and its creditors looms

Just when you thought Lebanon’s financial crisis could not possibly get any worse, the possibility looks increasingly likely.The country doesn't seem…

Salwa Baalbaki 21 April , 2024
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani (C-L) meets US President Joe Biden (C-R) at the White House to discuss economic opportunities in April 2024. AFP
Politics

Al Sudani's visit to Washington went well. Now for the hard bit…

With drones, missiles, and bombs flying over Iraq (some from Iran to Israel, others from Israel to Iran), the visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed…

Aqeel Abbas 21 April , 2024
Works by Syrian born poet Nouri Al-Jarrah include The Boy (1982), Ode to a Voice (1990), Hamlet’s Gardens (2003), and Noah’s Despair (2014). Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Nouri Al-Jarrah: The next Arabic poetic masterpiece is coming soon

A modernist third-wave poet, Nouri al-Jarrah has found solace in verse wherever he has lived, be that Damascus, Beirut, Cyprus, or London—the latter,…

Hoda Salim Al-Muhithawi 20 April , 2024
European officials meet in Belgrade on October 21, 2023, to call for urgent calming of tensions and re-launching of talks on normalisation of ties between Kosovo and Serbia. DIMITRIJE GOL/AFP
Politics

Kosovo and North Macedonia show how peace can be made

In the classic 1993 film Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray, a TV weatherman finds himself in a time loop. Every time he wakes up, it is the start…

Omer Onhon 20 April , 2024
Displaced Palestinians line up to fill their containers with water in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on April 19, 2024. MOHAMMED ABED/AFP
Politics

After strike on Iran, Israel sets its sights back on Rafah offensive

Israel's latest response to Iran's 13 April drone and missile attacks against it gives clues on its next move, which doesn't bode well for the more…

Amr Emam 20 April , 2024
The US network news star often hears people express surprise over her heritage. Her new book weaves her personal journey with stories of the Middle East and the world of international journalism.
Culture & Social Affairs

'But You Don't Look Arab': Hala Gorani's search for belonging

“But you don’t look Arab” is a sentence that internationally renowned Arab American journalist Hala Gorani has heard for decades.Following her…

Lina Khatib 19 April , 2024
The country's 'safe-haven' reserves were looted in 2011 when tonnes went missing just before Gaddafi was ousted. Now, after a big purchase last year, there are worries for its security. Ewan White
Business & Economy

Libya’s gold reserves hit new high amid political infighting

Recent foreign exchange transactions indicate that the Central Bank of Libya purchased 30 tonnes of gold last year, boosting the country’s reserves…

Kawthar Zantour 19 April , 2024
A handout image grab made available by the Iranian state TV, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), shows what the TV said was a live picture of the city of Isfahan early on April 19, 2024, after Israeli air strikes. AFP
Politics

Iran walks back threat of 'immediate' response after Israeli attack

Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, a US official told CNN, in a development that pushes the region closer to all-out conflict. After…

Malek Al Athamna 19 April , 2024
Opinion

The West wants more sanctions on Iran. But do they even work?

In recent years, the default position for Western leaders whenever they find themselves involved in a new standoff with Iran is to hit the Islamic…

Con Coughlin 18 April , 2024
Asmahan with Muhammad Al-Tabei
Culture & Social Affairs

Of love and politics: Asmahan’s turbulent final years in Jerusalem

In 1917, shortly after the Ottoman Empire and the Central Powers suffered defeat, Prince Fahd Al-Atrash and his family boarded a ship to escape from…

Wael Tawfik 18 April , 2024
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The Houthis: the new Hezbollah?

24, Sep 2026

Just as Iran used Hezbollah to expand its influence in the Levant, it is now using the Houthis to give it leverage in Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea amid its war with the US

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Backlash over Macklemore ban shows major US culture shift

16, Sep 2026

The American rapper's removal from Ed Sheeran's tour over his 'Free Palestine' speech and the British singer's meek rebuttal sparked an uproar on social media

Samer Abou Hawwach
A rebel fighter seen behind a Kingdom of Libya flag near the front line along the western entrance gate of Ajdabiyah, on 18 April 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Politics

A tale of two Libya's: internal division meets external unity

19, Sep 2026

In Libya today, things have never been better. They have also never been worse. Just depends on who you ask

Tarek Megerisi
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Politics

Francesca Albanese: the Palestine question is a global one

16, Sep 2026

In an interview with Al Majalla, the UN Special Rapporteur says the backlash against her for speaking out against Israel's genocide in Gaza reveals much about the current international order

Elie Kossaifi
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during day two of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, on 13 September 2026. REUTERS
Politics

Only China, India, and Russia can end the Iran war

15, Sep 2026

Washington needs its rivals to create peace on its behalf

Amir Handjani

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