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Palestinians, including poeple injured during the bombardment, pass an Israeli tank as they flee the north of Gaza AFP
Politics

The politics of calculation in Gaza war

With the Gaza war deep into its second month, western states show few signs of easing their steadfast support for Israel.While some allies have…

Christopher Phillips 25 November , 2023
A Palestinian inspects the ruins of the destroyed Sheikh Zayed Mosque following Israeli air strikes on the northern Gaza Strip, November 4, 2023. More than ten thousand Palestinians were killed. EPA
Business & Economy

Global economic decline likely as Gaza war rages on

Israel's war on Gaza in retaliation for the 7 October attacks can be classified as the most dangerous war on the future of the Middle East and global…

Mohamed Sharki 24 November , 2023
Opinion

Human beings under rubble and self-centred rulers in ruins

The bodies of Palestinian children and victims are still trapped under the rubble in Gaza. And yet there are voices saying that the war in the Strip…

Houssam Itani 24 November , 2023
Islamic Group's members in a protest supporting Hamas, Beirut in October 2023 AP
Politics

The 'Sunni facade' of Hezbollah on Israel's northern borders

Lebanon’s Fajr Forces claimed responsibility for attacks against Israel in mid-October, in a surprise development for observers of the long-running…

Samer Zouraiq 24 November , 2023
In 2010, French burglar Vjeran Tomic swiped five of the world's most renowned paintings in Paris. Now, after serving an eight-year sentence, he recounts the story in his own words in a new Netflix documentary. Netflix
Culture & Social Affairs

Meet Vjeran Tomic, the world’s most notorious paintings bandit

Location: The Museum of Modern Art in Paris. Date: May 20th. Time: 3:30 AM. Event: The theft of five iconic 20th-century paintings.This isn’t a…

Ibrahim Haj Abdi 24 November , 2023
Opinion

A divided Israel

The longer the crisis over the fate of the estimated 240 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza continues, the more it highlights the deep political…

Con Coughlin 23 November , 2023
A hard path to truce in Gaza
Cartoons

A hard path to truce in Gaza

Fares Garabet 23 November , 2023
Smoke rising above buildings during Israeli strikes on the northern part of the Gaza Strip  on November 22, 2023 John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Politics

A Middle East war motivated by destructive politics

A new Middle East is emerging. This is not the same as the new Middle East that American neoconservatives were claiming to be creating in the run up…

Lina Khatib 23 November , 2023
Lebanon... five presidents in one year. Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Five presidents in 1943: Lebanon on its 80th Independence Day

The year 1943 kicked off with an avalanche of congratulatory telegrams pouring into President Alfred Naccache’s office on the New Year.Little did he…

Sami Moubayed 23 November , 2023
Essaouira, Morocco. Getty Images
Culture & Social Affairs

How Orson Welles resurrected the spirit of Othello in Morocco

It’s the love story of a filmmaker and a city: American visionary director Orson Welles partially shot Othello in Morocco’s Essaouira, firmly placing…

Ismail Ghazaly 23 November , 2023
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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

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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
Axel Rangel García
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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