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Learning from the realpolitik of peace agreements

Fragile peace accords are better than prolonged conflict. But they come with the danger that the chance for a stronger, longer-lasting agreement may…

Wahid Abdel Maguid 18 May , 2023
Barbara Gibson
Politics

Jeddah Summit: Challenges and decisions

Jeddah will host the 32nd Arab Summit chaired by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud with His Royal Highness…

Al Majalla - London 18 May , 2023
US debt ceiling
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US debt ceiling

Fares Garabet 18 May , 2023
In part one of a two-part series, Sami Moubayed gives a historical review of key Arab summits over the years as Arab leaders grappled with consecutive wars, conflicts and uprisings. Eduardo Ramon
Documents & Memoirs

Defending Palestine dominates agenda of first Arab summit in 1946

In his gripping memoirs, Karim Thabet — special media advisor to King Farouk — claims that the first Arab summit in modern history was the product of…

Sami Moubayed 18 May , 2023
Syrian army chief of staff Hussein al-Zaaim (L), Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli, Saudi King Abel Aziz al-Saud and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Said during a pan Arab summit in Bludan 08 June 1946. AFP
Documents & Memoirs

How Syria’s founding fathers pursued the ‘Saudi Option’

The ‘Saudi Option’, known as one of the political movements among the Syrian Arab reformists, played a significant role during the final years of the…

Taissier Khalaf 18 May , 2023
Jordanian Foreign minister Ayman Safadi (C R) meets his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad in Amman on May 1, 2023, ahead of a regional meeting on Syria. AFP
Politics

The ceiling of Arab normalisation with Syria

The past few weeks of Arab rapprochement efforts — culminating in Syria’s readmission into the Arab League and a number of multilateral agreements…

Caroline Rose 18 May , 2023

A US armoured vehicle on the outskirts of the town of Rmeilan in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakah, bordering Turkey, on March 27, 2023. AFP
Politics

Normalisation with Syria and the emergence of a new Arab security framework

The decision of the Arab foreign ministers to readmit Syria to the Arab League on 7 May 2023 marked a turning point in the standoff between Damascus…

Khaled Hamadeh 18 May , 2023
After the year 2000, when Maddah was physically unable to complete his final stage performance, people started to see him as a legend Albane Simon
Culture & Social Affairs

Talal Maddah: A Saudi music legend and 'voice of the earth'

Our Moon, o our MoonWhy leave us, our Moon?You left to entertain yourself, o our Moon.But why would you leave us on earth, o our Moon?In 1973, Saudi…

Adel Hoshan 18 May , 2023
Talal Maddah: The artist who introduced Arabs to the Saudi music genre Nesma Moharam
Culture & Social Affairs

Talal Maddah: The artist who introduced Arabs to the Saudi music genre

Through his personality, lyrics, melodies and performances, Talal Maddah put on a visual and lyrical show that uniquely reflected the Saudi music…

Shadi Alaa Aldin 18 May , 2023

Foreign ministers meet ahead of the Arab Summit

May, 2023
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Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (R) meeting with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad on the sidelines of preparatory meetings of the Arab League in Jeddah.

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Saudi Press Agency

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, speaks during the Arab foreign ministers meet ahead of the Arab summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, May 17, 2023.

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Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad attends Arab league's foreign ministers meeting ahead of the Arab Summit, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 17, 2023.

AFP
AFP

Delegates attend the Arab Foreign Ministers Preparatory Meeting ahead of the 32nd Arab League Summit in Jeddah on May 17, 2023.

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AFP

Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (C) speaks to reporters after attending the Arab Foreign Ministers Preparatory Meeting ahead of the 32nd Arab League Summit in Jeddah on May 17, 2023.

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Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan meeting with his Libyan counterpart Najla Al-Mangoush on the sidelines of preparatory meetings of the Arab League in Jeddah.

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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
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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

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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
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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
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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
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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

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