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Syrian refugees wait to board a bus as they head to border villages of Edirne province, in Istanbul, Turkey, 28 February 2020. AFP
Politics

Syrian refugees in Turkey express worry ahead of crucial vote

Istanbul: “We are scared,” a Syrian man in a major Turkish city lamented to Al Majalla.“I’m having many problems these days.”“It has become normal to…

Shelly Kittleson 27 May , 2023
Near-complete results showed Erdogan beating secular opposition challenger Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu by four percentage points. Michelle Thompson
Politics

Erdoğan wins historic run-off election in Turkey extending his two-decade rule

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appealed for national unity Monday after winning a historic run-off election that extended two decades of his…

Omer Onhon 27 May , 2023
A panoramic view of Manama and its modern buildings Shutterstock
Business & Economy

How a skilled workforce and robust private sector keep Bahrain ahead

Bahrain is small, both in terms of population and geographical size, but the nation of islands has secured an important cultural position in the Gulf…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 27 May , 2023
Kissinger earned a Nobel peace prize for his efforts to negotiate an end to the Vietnam war. Al Majalla takes a look at his incredible career and legacy. Péter Csuth
Profiles

Henry Kissinger, US foreign policy titan, dies at 100

Almost 50 years after leaving office, few politicians in modern American history have remained so relevant to world politics.Henry Kissinger was,…

Sami Moubayed 27 May , 2023
A new surface-to-surface ballistic missile called Khaibar with a range of 2,000 km, unveiled by Iran, is seen in Tehran, Iran, May 25, 2023. Reuters
Politics

Israeli escalation with Iran amid Arab truce

As governments across the Middle East continue to ride a wave of engagement and normalised ties with former adversaries, the era of the Arab Spring…

Charles Lister 27 May , 2023
In an interview with Iraqi writer, poet, and translator Younis Tawfik, he talks about migrant literature, writing and translating in Italian, and the effect of his best-known works. Oriana Fenwick
Culture & Social Affairs

Iraqi writer Younis Tawfik: Italian is my language and my homeland

During his many years living in Italy, Iraqi-born Younis Tawfik has translated and penned many Italian-language novels that have left their mark on…

Youssouf Waqqas 27 May , 2023
Opinion

The Belgorod breach is a warning to Russia on Ukraine’s capabilities

From a military perspective, it would be wrong to underestimate the significance of the operation conducted by forces opposed to Vladimir Putin in…

Houssam Itani 27 May , 2023
Oil reserves in Sudan and South Sudan remain underutilised, largely due to war. Meanwhile, lack of stability has curbed potential foreign investment in East Africa's oil fields. Ewan White
Business & Economy

The massive untapped potential of East Africa’s oil reserves

According to data from the US Energy Information Administration, proven oil reserves of Sudan and South Sudan equal 5bn barrels, but production has…

Faisal Faeq 26 May , 2023
G7 leaders pose on a boat in Hiroshima. AFP
Politics

G7: Valuable forum or outdated irrelevance?

The annual G7 summit ended with the usual collective statements of unity. The world’s seven most powerful industrialised democracies this time…

Christopher Phillips 26 May , 2023
Beirut’s slow and catastrophic collapse Eduardo Ramon
Culture & Social Affairs

Beirut’s slow and catastrophic collapse

A sickness has spread over Lebanon. People now live in isolated enclaves - by region, group, city, neighbourhood, or village. Society had gradually…

Mohamed abi Samra 26 May , 2023
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Politics

Iran-Houthi escalation could backfire. Here is how

05, Oct 2026

The more Iran and its regional allies try to corner Yemen's government, the more international support it is getting to fight back

Ibrahim Jalal
Eduardo Ramón
Documents & Memoirs

Exclusive interview with the man who caught Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

Ibrahim Hamidi
The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea met in Alamein Egypt on 4 October to discuss regional tensions. Eritrea Ministry of Information via X
Politics

Have Ethiopia's neighbours formed an alliance against it?

06, Oct 2026

The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea met in Alamein on Sunday, which some interpret as a formation of a loose security alliance aimed at influencing the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa

Amr Emam
A digital billboard displays fuel prices at a petrol station in Berlin on 2 October 2026. John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Business & Economy

G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels of reserve diesel

03, Oct 2026

Analysts believe that Trump is hoping to lower domestic fuel prices before the November midterm elections, which could see Democrats win a majority of seats in Congress

Alexandra Sharp
A supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a Brazilian flag after a closing campaign rally, one day before the general election, in Sao Paulo, on 3 October, 2026. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Politics

Who will be Brazil’s next president?

04, Oct 2026

Neither Lula nor Bolsonaro won an outright majority, so the two men will face off on 25 October in an election that could serve as a bellwether of Donald Trump's influence in Latin America

The Economist

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