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Musk lifts the lid on X social media manipulators Al Majalla
Science & Technology

Musk lifts the lid on X social media manipulators

Recent changes to social media platform X have caused quite the stir among its users. It came after the platform introduced a new update that reveals…

Marco Mossad 06 December , 2025
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani meets with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Beijing on 17 November, 2025. SANA
Politics

China's approach to 'the new Syria' is one of cautious optimism

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani’s November visit to China marks the first visit by a senior Syrian official since former Syrian President…

Xiaotong Yang 06 December , 2025
The GCC moves from ‘safe neutrality’ to ‘indivisible security’ AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

The GCC moves from ‘safe neutrality’ to ‘indivisible security’

In the wake of Israeli and Iranian attacks on Qatar, the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have pledged to deepen their nations’…

Omar Harkous 06 December , 2025
The evolution of Latin America’s drug cartels Jay Torres
Politics

The evolution of Latin America’s drug cartels

For much of the last century, the illicit drug trade has shaped the economic, political, and social landscape of Latin America. What began as a small…

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra 05 December , 2025
A wounded girl lies on a hospital bed after an Israeli strike in the Syrian village of Beit Jin on 28 November 2025 killed 10 people, the deadliest Israeli attack since al-Assad's ouster in December 2024. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP
Politics

Israeli actions in southern Syria give Iran an opening

Israel’s dawn raid into Syria’s southern village of Beit Jinn in Rif Dimashq at dawn on 28 November marked a critical and unprecedented turning point…

Subhi Franjieh 05 December , 2025
Saudi Arabia's 2026 budget carefully boosts spending Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia's 2026 budget carefully boosts spending

Saudi Arabia’s 2026 budget puts citizens at the centre of national priorities. This shift in focus coincides with an accelerated transition towards a…

Omar Harkous 05 December , 2025
Opinion

Ukraine peace talks: one step forward, two steps back

Despite US diplomatic efforts to negotiate a lasting peace settlement for Ukraine, the prospects of a breakthrough remain bleak.Last month, a 28…

Con Coughlin 04 December , 2025
Opinion

Lebanon's inability to confront Hezbollah speaks to its structural failure

At the end of this month, the deadline set by Israel will expire: Lebanon must disarm Hezbollah south of the Litani River—and beyond—or face a…

Houssam Itani 04 December , 2025
A man holding the flag of Somaliland in front of the Hargeisa War Memorial, on 7 November 2024.
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Politics

Somaliland and the rise of the quasi-state

The recent statement by Lord Darroch—the UK’s former ambassador to the US and adviser to the prime minister—calling for recognition of Somaliland’s…

Sergey Eledinov 04 December , 2025
A visitor stands next to a photograph of German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt at the German Historical Museum in Berlin on 6 May 2020. John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

50 years on, Hannah Arendt's works resonate more than ever

Today marks 50 years since the passing of German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt, whose analyses of totalitarian regimes provided an exact…

Abdel Salam Ben Abdelali 04 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
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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.

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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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