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A series of red lines were drawn at a meeting of gas producing countries in Algiers. Al Majalla looks at what they are, where they came from, and what they may mean for energy markets. Ewan White
Business & Economy

Top global gas producers set four red lines

At the recent annual Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) meeting held in Algiers, members set out their red lines, saying what they would and would…

Rabia Khreis 18 March , 2024
A still from the film Trenque Lauquen Bulldog Film
Culture & Social Affairs

Five imaginative films that brought cinema back to its pre-Covid shine

For the first time in years, this year's Oscars season felt like it did before COVID-19, as several remarkable films competed for awards.Two of the…

Firas Al-Madi 18 March , 2024
Damascus and Tehran wanted invading US troops to get stuck in a 'new Vietnam' and set up an operations room headed by their top lieutenants to cause havoc, never-before-published documents show. Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Exclusive: How Syria and Iran plotted over a post-Saddam Iraq

The latest instalment of Al Majalla’s groundbreaking series from the Khaddam Cache shows how Syria’s president and Iran’s Supreme Leader wanted…

Ibrahim Hamidi 18 March , 2024
Opinion

Israel is behind America's crusade against TikTok

The US House of Representatives' decision to ban TikTok is part of escalating trade tensions between the United States and China. It also reflects…

Khaled Kassar 18 March , 2024
A woman walks past a mural painted in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza on a wall in Nairobi, Kenya, on 14 March 2024. Reuters
Politics

Palestinians must capitalise on the growing global support for their cause

For five months, war has raged, Palestinians have suffered, Israel has had international backing, and a path out of this most horrendous of conflicts…

Asaad Ghanem 17 March , 2024
The shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf. The city is home to Iraq's influential Religious Authority. Shutterstock
Politics

How Iraq’s Religious Authority rose to prominence after Saddam's fall

About 160km south of Baghdad, where the River Euphrates forks, lies the ancient and holy city of Najaf. Here sits Iraq’s Religious Authority.Najaf is…

Shahd Dashty 17 March , 2024
Memory aims to improve decision-making by retaining what is significant while discarding the rest. Shutterstock
Science & Technology

Best forgotten? How the brain needs to filter memory to stay fit

The man who approached the shopkeeper in New Jersey looked familiar for good reason. He was a well-known Princeton University lecturer, but he seemed…

Alaa Emara 17 March , 2024
Opinion

Syria sees worst violence in four years

As Syria commemorates the 13th anniversary of the uprising, it descends into an even darker phase with scant hope for improvement on the horizon. …

Haid Haid 16 March , 2024
The cast of the Lebanese 'Al-Hayba'. Courtesy of Sabbah Brothers
Culture & Social Affairs

Lebanese dramas capture the moral quandaries of everyday life

“We are made up of a bunch of experiences. We must understand everyone’s side to come up with an answer. We must be held accountable and hold others…

Inna Rudolf 16 March , 2024
Egypt is wooing states in the Nile Basin and Horn of Africa using its defence industry and security expertise to counter geopolitical worries over the Red Sea and the Suez Canal Sebastien Thibault
Politics

Egypt takes back the lead in Africa politics

Egypt’s geopolitical ambition to deepen its military influence in the Horn of Africa has been on display to the continent and the world with a series…

Amr Emam 16 March , 2024
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Moroccan Foreign Minister Bourita & Israeli Foreign Minister Sa'ar agreed to advance their
relationship on security, trade, and regional integration on 16 September 2026. @USAmbUN/X
Politics

Morocco expands ties with Israel: why now?

28, Sep 2026

After months of behind‑the‑scenes talks, Rabat and Tel Aviv are deepening ties under a new phase of the existing Abraham Accords, with Western Sahara being dangled as an incentive

Mohamed Sharki
Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand answers journalists' questions during an interview as part of her visit to the NATO headquarters in Brussels on 11 May 2026. NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP
Business & Economy

How Canada is navigating Trump’s threats

26, Sep 2026

Foreign Minister Anita Anand on how Ottawa is handling the US trade and tariff war

Ravi Agrawal
A B 1B Lancer bomber at the RAF Fairford airbase, after police declared a major incident in which several men were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act, in Fairford, UK, on 27 September 2026. REUTERS/Toby Shepheard
Politics

Alleged plot against UK airbase raises eyebrows

28, Sep 2026

Five Britons arrested near RAF Fairford base out on bail, as Iran condemns 'malicious speculation' about its alleged role

Con Coughlin
Pooja Sreenivasan
Science & Technology

How AI is giving forgotten books a new lease of life

29, Sep 2026

A wave of bulk purchases is sweeping through second-hand bookshops, but the lack of transparency is raising eyebrows

Mohammed Mansour
Lina Jaradat
Politics

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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