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A picture taken from a position in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip on January 18, 2024, shows Israeli army vehicles driving on a road in Gaza amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. AFP
Politics

Israel’s bid to take Philadelphi Corridor comes with great risk

There are several good reasons why Egypt is likely to continue to reject Israel’s proposed takeover of the Philadelphi Corridor.Underlying the…

Amr Emam 24 January , 2024
As the number of global leisure travellers rises to 1.8 billion, places from Venice to Machu Picchu are at risk. From visitor caps to day-tripper taxes, here is how they offset the danger. Dave Murray
Business & Economy

How some global tourist hotspots are fighting 'overtourism'

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page”.This famous quote is attributed to the theologian Saint Augustine from the…

Nazareth Seferian 24 January , 2024
Churchill had created a social hierarchy for the Middle East, and at its helm were the Arab Bedouins, then came the urban merchants in cities like Damascus. The third tier was Palestinian farmers. Mona Eing
Documents & Memoirs

Churchill's complicated legacy in the Arab world

Throughout the 19th century, international diplomatic dispatches referred to our part of the world as either the East or the Orient. The French would…

Sami Moubayed 24 January , 2024
Opinion

Is al-Assad about to have his very own ‘Sadat Moment’?

In 1972, President Mohamed Anwar Sadat surprised the world by ordering the expulsion of 11,000 Soviet military and technical ‘advisers’ from Egypt…

Ibrahim Hamidi 24 January , 2024

Israel loses 24 soldiers in Gaza, its highest death toll in a single day

January, 2024
AFP
AFP

Israeli troops carry the coffin of a fellow soldier during his funeral in the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on January 23, 2024.

Reuters
Reuters

21 reserve soldiers died as they tried to rig two buildings in southern Gaza with mines to perform a controlled demolition, according to Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari.

AFP
AFP

According to Hagari, Hamas commandos fired a rocket-propelled grenade at an Israeli tank that was deployed to protect the soldiers rigging the buildings with bombs, causing a chain reaction that led to the structures' collapse.

AFP
AFP

The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, released a statement Tuesday describing an attack that was consistent with the time and nature of the Israeli military’s description.

EPA
EPA

Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of an Israeli soldier, during his funeral at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, 23 January 2024.

Reuters
Reuters

Friends and family mourn an Israeli military reservist who was killed in southern Gaza.

AFP
AFP

Israeli troops attend the funeral of a fellow soldier in the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on January 23, 2024.

AFP
AFP

The family and friends of an Israeli soldier mourn during his funeral at the military cemetery in Tel Aviv on January 23, 2024,

Climate change and misinformation top global risks in 2024 Diana Estefanía Rubio
Infographics

Climate change and misinformation top global risks in 2024

What can we expect in 2024? Record global temperatures with increasingly harmful effects, a cost-of-living crisis, and escalating tensions in the…

Al Majalla - London 23 January , 2024
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)   during a summit in the Saudi capital Riyadh on 20 October 2023. AFP
Politics

What are the biggest challenges facing the GCC in 2024?

Despite some policy and directional differences among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the occasional disputes between its member…

Dana Al Enezzi 23 January , 2024
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks into the Ram temple to officially consecrate the temple in Ayodhya in India's Uttar Pradesh state on January 22, 2024. AFP
Politics

Ayodhya temple inauguration gives Modi popularity boost ahead of polls

India's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has been in power since 2014, has once again demonstrated its ability to rally…

Shakir Husain 23 January , 2024
Opinion

AI in the Alps: Davos airs concerns over 'artificial content' age

The main theme of this year's World Economic Forum in Davos was captured in the event’s subheading, "Rebuilding Trust". The need to do that was a…

Khaled Kassar 23 January , 2024
A woman holding a girl reacts after Israeli air strikes hit Ridwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, Gaza on October 23, 2023 Getty
Culture & Social Affairs

A shattered Gaza dominates cultural debate in a shocked Arab world

Beirut: The year 2023 gave us very little to celebrate. It will be remembered for the violence, anger, resentment, and destruction it brought us, but…

Mohamed abi Samra 23 January , 2024
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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

Al Majalla - London
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Culture & Social Affairs

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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