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A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag featuring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of a building left in ruins on 5 June 2013 in the city of Qusayr in the Homs province. AFP
Politics

Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

In Syria, the most dangerous problems are not always the loudest. As the country tries to move beyond war, attention has understandably turned to the…

Haid Haid 28 April , 2026
Saudi Vision 2030 report predicts steady growth Al Majalla
Infographics

Saudi Vision 2030 report predicts steady growth

A recently released Saudi Vision 2030 report offered an optimistic yet cautious outlook for economic growth, highlighting areas where major…

Al Majalla - London 28 April , 2026
Saudi Vision 2030: a decade of transformation Nash
Business & Economy

Saudi Vision 2030: a decade of transformation

Over recent years, Saudi Arabia’s position in the global economy has appeared more stable thanks to a broader range of income sources and an…

Rana Freifer 28 April , 2026
Opinion

Amjad Youssef's arrest and out-of-touch Syrian elites

The arrest of Amjad Youssef was a moment in which many Syrians rejoiced. The officer in Assad’s intelligence services was said to be responsible for…

Alia Mansour 27 April , 2026
Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade

Economic blockades have long been used as a tool of coercion, deliberately positioned between diplomacy and war. From the British naval blockade of…

Alex Vatanka 27 April , 2026
The witty Saudi dram-com topping Netflix charts Netflix
Culture & Social Affairs

The witty Saudi dram-com topping Netflix charts

Saudi production company Telfaz11 has moved between comedy and social drama while seeking to engage the transformations of local society in a light…

Turki Harbi 27 April , 2026
Assad to be tried in absentia
Cartoons

Assad to be tried in absentia

Fares Garabet 26 April , 2026
Opinion

Damascus: reassured, yet wary

Damascus has recovered its natural cadence. Within it, the old and the new live side by side, the steadfast and the changing, reassurance shaded by…

Ibrahim Hamidi 26 April , 2026
Simon Karam: the diplomat leading Lebanon's talks with Israel Ewan White
Profiles

Simon Karam: the diplomat leading Lebanon's talks with Israel

As Lebanon begins negotiating with Israel, it has appointed Ambassador Simon Karam to head his country's delgation. A second round of talks in…

Thuraya Shahin 26 April , 2026
Soldiers from the Libyan Joint Forces during the opening ceremony of the "Flintlock-2026" exercises in Sirte, Libya, on 14 April 2026.
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Politics

US military exercise brings Libya’s rival factions together

For the first time in more than a decade, fighting forces from rival factions in eastern and western Libya have been brought together, in a military…

Rifaat Balkhair 25 April , 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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