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Hezbollah money laundering risks sanctions on Lebanon Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Hezbollah money laundering risks sanctions on Lebanon

American eyes are closing in on Lebanon’s economic and monetary systems, amid suggestions that Hezbollah is laundering money through the country. At…

Thuraya Shahin 24 November , 2025
A Palestinian man walks with his child after speaking to Reuters at an undisclosed location in Johannesburg, South Africa after being transfered from Gaza via Israel on 14 November, 2025. Reuters
Politics

Inside the shadow network moving Palestinians abroad

In mid-November 2025, a chartered aircraft carrying 153 Palestinians landed in Johannesburg without proper exit documentation. South African…

Michael Horowitz 24 November , 2025
A Houthi supporter chants slogans as he carries a rocket replica during an anti-US and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday, September 26, 2025. AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman
Politics

Why some Yemenis want US-Israeli airstrikes on Houthis

During the year 2025, a noticeable—if perplexing—trend emerged among segments of the Yemeni population: vocal support for US airstrikes targeting the…

Farea Al-Muslimi 24 November , 2025
Trump skips out on G20 meeting
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Trump skips out on G20 meeting

Fares Garabet 23 November , 2025
Opinion

First public trial after Assad tests justice in the new Syria

On most days, Aleppo’s Palace of Justice is a building Syrians pass without a second glance. But on 18 November, it became the setting for what could…

Haid Haid 23 November , 2025
New Red Sea Film Festival boss and  acclaimed Saudi filmmaker Faisal Baltyuor
Culture & Social Affairs

Faisal Baltyuor on championing bold cinematic voices

Despite his relative youth, Saudi filmmaker Faisal Baltyuor already has quite the résumé. The new chief executive of the Red Sea International Film…

Noor Hisham Alsaif 23 November , 2025
Michel Issa: Trump’s trusted ambassador takes on Lebanon’s hardest file Axel Rangel Garcia
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Michel Issa: Trump’s trusted ambassador takes on Lebanon’s hardest file

The new US Ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa, is the first such representative with Lebanese roots. His loyalty, however, remains first and foremost…

Thuraya Shahin 23 November , 2025
Trump’s bipolar vision misreads a multipolar world AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Trump’s bipolar vision misreads a multipolar world

When US President Donald Trump declared on social media that “the G2 WILL BE CONVENING SHORTLY!” ahead of his October meeting with Chinese President…

Shirley Ze Yu 22 November , 2025
Opinion

Despite challenges, the future is bright for Syria

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s visit to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump earlier this month signalled a moment of profound strategic…

Hamza Al Mustafa 22 November , 2025
People gather outside the municipality building in the southern Lebanese border village of Blida in the aftermath of an Israeli army raid on the village, on 30 October 2025. MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP
Politics

Israel's three options on Hezbollah disarmament

The Lebanese arena has undergone substantial changes since the ceasefire agreement of 27 November 2024. Hezbollah is weaker, and Lebanon's new…

Michael Harari 22 November , 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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