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Fighting extremism is a top priority and a task for every Syrian

Syrians had scarcely celebrated the first anniversary of their country’s liberation from the Assad regime and American lawmakers’ decision to repeal…

Alia Mansour 18 December , 2025
The Leviathan natural gas platform in the Mediterranean Sea. With Lebanon and Cyprus having finally demarcated their maritime boundary, exploration for new gas fields can begin. Jack Guez/AFP
Politics

Drawing lines for gas: Lebanon and Cyprus sort their waters out

After two decades of stalled talks, Cyprus and Lebanon finally demarcated their offshore Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) on 26 November, in an…

Michael Harari 18 December , 2025

Christmas events, Drought in Brazil, and more from the world

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

A Saki monkey investigates a festive stocking gifted by zookeepers at London Zoo, as the conservation zoo celebrates its Magic of Christmas event in London, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025.

REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Aircrafts fly past as Bangladesh Air Force team performs aerobatic display to mark the 54th Victory Day of Bangladesh, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 16, 2025.  

REUTERS/Florion Goga
REUTERS/Florion Goga

A drone view of the Christmas market at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania, December 12, 2025.

AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn
AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn

Illumination flares fired by Thai military forces shine in Burirum province, Thailand, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, following clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers.

Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP
Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP

 A man looks at seagulls flying over the Mediterranean sea, at sunset, while he takes a walk along the "Promenade des Anglais" on the French Riviera city of Nice, southern France, on December 15, 2025.

Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP
Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP

Austria's Nina Ortlieb skies during the women's downhill training as part of the FIS Alpine ski World Cup 2025-2026, in St. Moritz, south-eastern Switzerland on December 11, 2025.

Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP
Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP

An artist dressed as the Hindu goddess Kali takes part in a religious procession to mark the fourth anniversary of the inauguration of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, in Varanasi on December 13, 2025.

AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana
AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana

A Palestinian boy stands next to his mother washing clothes as mattresses hang to dry over their tent in a makeshift camp for displaced people set up on the beach in Gaza City, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025.

AP Photo/Michael Probst
AP Photo/Michael Probst

The sky is coloured red before sunrise in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025.

Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP
Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP

Aerial view of the Jaguari-Jacarei dam during a drought affecting Sao Paulo state, in Joanopolis, some 123 km from Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 12, 2025.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to Prof. Sergei Karaganov before a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on 7 June 2024. Sputnik/Reuters
Politics

Sergei Karaganov: time is on Putin’s side in Ukraine

The war between Russia and Ukraine has ground on since February 2022. According to military and political observers, Ukraine does not want to…

Ahmed Maher 17 December , 2025
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and Egypt's Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have not seen eye-to-eye since October 2023. AFP/Al Majalla
Politics

Egypt-Israel ties being tested by concerns over Gaza and Sinai

With growing demand for energy at home, Egypt is diversifying its global partners to secure additional natural gas supplies, to maintain power…

Amr Emam 17 December , 2025
Opinion

Mashal’s comments suggest a strategic pivot by Hamas

Since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023, the prevailing narrative promoted by Hamas and other factions aligned with Iran has been that the…

Abdullah Al-Judaya 17 December , 2025
Opinion

No friends needed: US National Security Strategy severs the past

Those seeking to understand the new direction in international politics and in the Middle East could do worse than read the 2025 United States…

Houssam Itani 16 December , 2025
US forces patrol oil fields near Syria's north-east in the Qahtaniyah countryside of Hasakeh province on 3 September 2024. Delil Souleiman/AFP
Politics

The Palmyra attack and what it means for US-Syria cooperation

In the summer of 2015, Islamic State terrorists overran the ancient central Syrian city of Palmyra, looting and bulldozing its treasures and…

Subhi Franjieh 16 December , 2025
The US Constitution vests Congress with the exclusive power "to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises". AFP
Business & Economy

The fate of more than just Trump’s tariffs will be decided in 2026

The fate of US President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs and the international disputes they ignite is now in the hands of the United States Supreme…

Toufic Chanbour 16 December , 2025
Israeli Paratroopers' Brigade members operate in a location given as the
Syrian border, in this handout picture
released on 13 December 2024. Israel Defence Forces
Politics

When it comes to Syria, Israel prefers coercion to conversation

There are few areas in which the United States and Israel genuinely diverge, but one of them—somewhat unexpectedly—is Syria after the fall of former…

Michael Horowitz 16 December , 2025
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Business & Economy

The tiny waterway that put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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