Unemployment, poverty and a bleak outlook have recently led many Gazans to take their own life. These conditions are unsustainable and put the recent outbreak of war into context.

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Outbreak of war sheds light on Gaza's dire conditions and rising suicide rate

The break out of fresh hostilities in Gaza sheds light on their dire humanitarian conditions.People inside the Gaza Strip have lived under harsh…

Houssam Marouf 08 October , 2023

IMF and World Bank policies are outdated and need to be reformed. They have only caused more misery and credit addiction in borrowing countries. Al Majalla explains.

Alex William

Business & Economy

IMF and World Bank need reform to confront today's challenges

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have been criticised since their inception.Although these two institutions emerged from the…

Khaled Kassar 08 October , 2023

Egypt and Syria handed Israel its biggest military defeat on 6 October 1973. 50 years later, Gaza militants have launched another stunning offensive deep into Israeli territory. Al Majalla explains.

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Hamas deals Israel yet another October surprise

Gaza: In a surprise offensive, the military wing of the Hamas movement, Al-Qassam Brigades, launched a barrage of over 5,000 rockets and missiles…

Salem Al Rayyes 07 October , 2023

Gaza at war

October, 2023

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Rockets are fired by Palestinian militants into Israel, in Gaza City, October 7, 2023.

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Palestinians on an Israeli Merkava tank they captured near the border barrier with Gaza on October 7.

Reuters

Rockets are fired from Gaza toward Israel following Israeli strikes in Gaza, October 7, 2023.

AFP

Palestinian militants move towards the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

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Smoke rising from the Israeli side in a photo taken from the Gaza Strip on October 7.

AFP

Smoke rises over Gaza City on October 7, 2023, after an Israeli air strike. Palestinian militants have begun a "war" against Israel, the country's defence minister said on October 7.

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An aerial view shows vehicles on fire as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel October 7, 2023.

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A Palestinian boy reacts next to a burning Israeli vehicle that Palestinian gunmen brought to Gaza after they infiltrated areas of southern Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip October 7, 2023.

Egyptian troops pose atop a bunker on which they just planted their flag on the Israeli Bar Lev line east of the Suez Canal, Egypt, on Oct. 13, 1973.

Documents & Memoirs

Milestones: The Arab-Israeli conflict over the years

• 14 May 1948: Israel launches its 'War of Independence' known as the Nakba or 'catastrophe' in the Arab world. This was considered the first Arab…

Al Majalla - London 07 October , 2023

After the October War came shuttle diplomacy. Al Majalla reveals what went on in the room when two statesmen met and managed to draw up a historic peace agreement.

Eduardo Ramon

Documents & Memoirs

Hafez al-Assad "shocked" Kissinger by agreeing to separation line

London: The October War of 1973 changed the Middle East and the world when two presidents joined forces and shifted the balance of power.The victory…

Ibrahim Hamidi 07 October , 2023

The celebrated author and Al Majalla contributor died on 30 September at 59. He leaves behind him a legion of fans who saw him as a friend.

Culture & Social Affairs

Khaled Khalifa: The extraordinary novelist who captured Syria's tragedy

Khalid Khalifa began his journey alone.He attempted to shape his solitude in a way that would allow complete dedication to becoming a writer.Although…

Nawwar Jabbour 07 October , 2023

Turkish strikes on October 5 on the Kurdish-controlled region of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria hit a car, killing two people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

AFP

Politics

Lifting the veil on US-Turkey escalation in Syria

A terrorist attack in Ankara on 1 October has led to a new wave of military operations and reprisals by Turkey in Syria and created new complexities…

Omer Onhon 06 October , 2023

The most favourable outcome for the Sudanese people lies in an end to the war.

Reuters

Business & Economy

Sudan's rolling war costs $100mn a day

The deadly conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has led to unprecedented devastation in Khartoum, the capital of…

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 06 October , 2023

Opinion

Iran tightens its financial grip over Syria at alarming pace

Media reports have recently confirmed the impending launch of a series of strategic Iranian investments in Syria, shortly after being inked in May…

Haid Haid 06 October , 2023

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