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Documents & Memoirs

Syria and Iran strengthen already-close ties through new agreement

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus in May 2023 signed the latest version of the MoU.The Second…

Al Majalla 15 January , 2024
Narratives rooted in violent history are being used to shape our present, leading to a future shrouded in uncertainty. Sara Gironi Carnevale
Politics

Global politics caught between medieval past and AI-driven future

A deep dive into the roots and tactics of the three most recent global conflicts reveals a persistent adherence to medieval thought processes marked…

Houssam Itani 14 January , 2024
From peasant talk and Euphrates clay to late-night cigar smoking in Rome, and later-life doctor’s appointments, Al Majalla explores Iraqi artist Jaber Alwan's life and works Irene Blasco
Culture & Social Affairs

Iraqi painter Jaber Alwan: A life as rich and vibrant as his art

It is not for nothing that a biography of Jaber Alwan is called The Music of Colours. This visual artist, born in Babylon in 1948, is among a rare…

Ibrahim Haj Abdi 14 January , 2024
A Palestinian man reacts as he holds the remains of his mother wrapped in a blanket amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike on the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on November 2, 2023. AFP
Politics

Israel's war on Gaza: 100 days of death and destruction

One hundred days have passed since the outbreak of the Gaza War and the 7 October attacks.Ever since, a series of significant events and changes have…

Elie Kossaifi 14 January , 2024
An Aeroflot-Russian Airlines passenger plane lands at Moscow International Airport, 12 March 2022. Reuters
Business & Economy

Fight or Flight? How war in Ukraine has affected airlines

Just three days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the head of the European Commission said Russian planes were no longer welcome over European skies.“We…

Nazareth Seferian 14 January , 2024
US President Harry Truman (left) with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in the Oval Office on May 8, 1951. AP
Politics

Examining the evolution of US-Israeli relations

When the State of Israel was proclaimed on 15 May 1948, numerous American politicians, including then US Secretary of State George Marshall,…

Hesham Alghannam 13 January , 2024
Opinion

America's Houthi dilemma: Limited strikes or full-fledged war?

The situation in the Red Sea has further intensified, with no signs of de-escalation. The defensive measures taken by the US and its allies to…

Haid Haid 13 January , 2024
Obstacles persist in the region amid conflicts, corruption, and uncertainty, but bright spots show how to attract foreign direct investment, including in Morocco and Egypt. Ewan White
Business & Economy

Gulf investment in MENA: Obstacles and opportunities

Arab investment funds have faced scrutiny over a relative lack of investment in their home region for decades, with the sovereign wealth funds of oil…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 13 January , 2024
Can the 34-year-old revive Emmanuel Macron's fortunes? Péter Csuth
Profiles

Gabriel Attal: Meet France’s youngest prime minister

A constitutional perk enjoyed by all modern French presidents is the right to dump his prime minister when in need of a fresh start.So Emmanuel…

The Economist 13 January , 2024
Israel's Legal Counselor Tal Becker, lawyer Malcolm Shaw, and Gilad Noam, Deputy Attorney-General attend the ICJ prior to the hearing on the genocide case against Israel in The Hague on January 11, 2024. AFP
Politics

Composition of Israeli defence team at ICJ shows it takes genocide case seriously

Israel has decided to send a team of legal experts to defend itself against accusations raised by South Africa that it is carrying out a genocide in…

Michael Horowitz 12 January , 2024
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A US Navy sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma helicopter on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting US military operations in the war with Iran on 16 August 2026. US. Navy/REUTERS
Politics

US troops leave Iraq and Syria, but double down in the region

30, Sep 2026

Why 30 September should be understood less as a US exit from the Middle East than as the end of a particular model of American intervention

Caroline Rose
Eduardo Ramón
Documents & Memoirs

Exclusive interview with the man who caught Israeli spy Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

Ibrahim Hamidi
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
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping view portraits of former US presidents at the White House, Washington, DC, on 24 September 2026. Reuters
Politics

US-China summit: did Xi get what he wanted?

29, Sep 2026

Why the Chinese president's visit to Washington could be considered a success, despite no big movement on trade, Taiwan, and technology

Charbel Barakat
Soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defence Force chant slogans after completing their training at an officers' training ground 70 kilometres northeast of the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on 14 September 2021. AFP
Politics

Turmoil in Tigray: the view from Ethiopia's neighbours

30, Sep 2026

While many would like to see Addis Ababa distracted, they also worry about a refugee spillover should a civil war break out. It might be a case of 'be careful what you wish for'

Sergey Eledinov

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