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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
Al Majalla’s Book Watch
Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla’s Book Watch

The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. Al Majalla picks out some choice titles in our fortnightly round-up of the latest Arabic books,…

Khodr Al Agha 16 December , 2025
The global energy mix at a turning point
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The global energy mix at a turning point

The world’s energy system is in the midst of a rapid structural shift, with rising demand being met increasingly by low-carbon sources even as all…

Al Majalla - London 16 December , 2025
Recruits of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr are sworn in on 4 September 2025 in front of North Rhine-Westphalia's state parliament in Duesseldorf, western Germany. AFP
Politics

Voluntary, for now: National Service is returning to Europe

Within a few days of each other, France and Germany have moved to revive National Service in the face of Russia’s growing military threat. In late…

Christopher Phillips 15 December , 2025
Brushing aside international law when it comes to Venezuela Fares Garabet
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Brushing aside international law when it comes to Venezuela

Fares Garabet 15 December , 2025
Opinion

US national security strategy ditches the role of world’s policeman

US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy can no longer be dismissed as chaos or personal improvisation. Rather, it is a conscious effort to…

Ibrahim Hamidi 15 December , 2025
Award-winning playwright and theatre director Helena Tornero
Culture & Social Affairs

Helena Tornero: the playwright bridging worlds through theatre 

A prominent voice in contemporary Spanish and Catalan theatre, Helena Tornero has built a rich career uniting artistic creativity and human…

Mohammed Al-Bittari 15 December , 2025
Opinion

A parade chant lays bare the fragility of Syria-Israel talks

On the first anniversary of the Assad regime’s ouster, Damascus felt very different. Crowds spilled into the streets late into the night. Music…

Haid Haid 14 December , 2025
Jensen Huang has built NVIDIA into the world's most valuable company. It is also one of the most important. Al Majalla/AFP
Profiles

Jensen Huang: from washing pots to steering the AI revolution

Jensen Huang’s name is no longer tied solely to the world of graphics cards or video gaming. Today, he is among those shaping the global future of…

Marco Mossad 14 December , 2025
Ahmed al-Sharaa has proven his doubters wrong and learned from Iraq and Libya to keep Syria from splintering and dividing. AFP
Politics

How Syria's al-Sharaa learned from the failures of Libya and Iraq

It has been a year since the fall of the former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and the Levantine doomsayers who predicted that it was “Assad or…

Kamal Alam 14 December , 2025
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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
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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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