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Opinion

Damascus is keen to improve Lebanon ties. But is Beirut?

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam discussed security cooperation with Syrian President Ahmed al-Shaara in a meeting in Damascus on Saturday,…

Alia Mansour 11 May , 2026
Farage emerges as viable PM contender amid Labour losses Al Majalla
Politics

Farage emerges as viable PM contender amid Labour losses

The ability of British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to survive in power has been called into question after the catastrophic losses his ruling…

Con Coughlin 11 May , 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez smiles as he delivers a speech during the Basque Socialist Party (PSE) closing campaign meeting in Bilbao on 19 April 2024, ahead of regional elections in the Basque Country. ANDER GILLENEA / AFP)
Profiles

Pedro Sánchez: the Spanish PM putting Palestine front and centre

Pedro Sánchez has rarely looked like a politician destined for durability. His critics have repeatedly written him off as opportunistic,…

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra 10 May , 2026
A container ship is seen at berth at the container terminal of the port in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province, on 2 April 2026. AFP
Business & Economy

The US-Iran war has forced a global trade rethink

More than two months after the bombing began, the US-Israeli war against Iran has become an uneven stress test for world economies, presenting them…

Abdulfattah Khattab 10 May , 2026
Opinion

Four men and a world in flux

From Moscow to Beijing, and from Washington to New Delhi, the world seems to be entering a new phase, its contours shaped by four men: Donald Trump,…

Ibrahim Hamidi 09 May , 2026
Tracking apps offer unfiltered view into the US-Iran conflict Grace Russell
Science & Technology

Tracking apps offer unfiltered view into the US-Iran conflict

The seas now find themselves centre-stage in how people monitor the US-Iran war, view the potential for escalation, and assess its spillover effects…

Marco Mossad 09 May , 2026
SDF forces participate in a joint military exercise with the US-led Operation Inherent Resolve coalition against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province on 7 September 2022. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP
Politics

How to integrate Kurdish women into Syria’s new army

The Ministry of Defence is one of Syria’s most complex institutions. In many ways, it reflects the country’s myriad differences, making it difficult…

Zozan Ali 09 May , 2026
Opinion

Pakistan proves its utility as a US-Iran mediator

As negotiations continue between the Trump administration and Tehran to end the Iran conflict, Pakistan’s mediation role has proved crucial in…

Con Coughlin 08 May , 2026
Gulf states take on Iran’s sleeper cells Nesma Moharam
Politics

Gulf states take on Iran’s sleeper cells

Gulf states are intensifying security campaigns to dismantle networks linked to Iran and Hezbollah, accused of espionage, sabotage, money laundering…

Al Majalla - London 07 May , 2026
Iran’s bid to export disorder across the Gulf Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Iran’s bid to export disorder across the Gulf

With no clear end in sight to hostilities involving the United States, Israel, the Gulf states, Iran, and its regional proxies, the Middle East is…

Omar Harkous 07 May , 2026
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Pep Boatella
Politics

Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
Opinion

Trump may be a lame duck at home but not abroad

05, Nov 2026

A Democrat-majority Congress will clip his wings at home, but he will have far more freedom to act on foreign affairs, given the powers he still retains as commander-in-chief

Con Coughlin
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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