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The US-Iran war puts Europe in Catch-22

Escalating tensions between the US and Europe over the reservations many European leaders have about the Iran war could nevertheless lead to…

Con Coughlin 27 March , 2026
US-Iran war tests the resilience of Egypt's economy Al Majalla
Business & Economy

US-Iran war tests the resilience of Egypt's economy

When Egypt raised domestic fuel prices by up to 17% in early March, officials blamed it on global energy markets that were destabilised by the war…

Alice Gower 27 March , 2026
Iraqi-American musician and researcher Mark Gergis, who co-founded Syrian Cassette Archives, began collecting cassette tapes during visits to Syria in the 1990s. Syrian Cassette Archive
Culture & Social Affairs

How cassette tapes preserved Syria's unofficial soundtrack

In 1979, during a meeting between a delegation from the Arab Writers Union and members of the National Progressive Front, the late Syrian poet…

Khalil Sweileh 27 March , 2026
Syria's deputy defence minister on founding the YPG Al Majalla
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Syria's deputy defence minister on founding the YPG

Syrian Kurdish leader Sipan Hamo was this month appointed the country’s Deputy Minister of Defence for the Eastern Region, marking the latest chapter…

Ibrahim Hamidi 27 March , 2026
The end of Hezbollah? Aliaa Abou Khaddour
Politics

The end of Hezbollah?

Since the October 7 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, the balance of power in the Middle East has changed profoundly. Iran’s regional ‘Axis of Resistance…

Al Majalla - London 26 March , 2026
Hezbollah's fate likely linked to US-Iran war outcome Aliaa Abou Khaddour
Politics

Hezbollah's fate likely linked to US-Iran war outcome

Two days into the US-Israeli war on Iran, Tehran adopted a strategy of widening the geographical scope of its retaliation to maximise its chances of…

Lina Khatib 26 March , 2026
Three scenarios for a post-Trump world Al Majalla
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Three scenarios for a post-Trump world

“The old world is dying,” Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote in 1930, “and the new world struggles to be born.” His Marxist convictions…

Hal Brands 26 March , 2026
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gives a press conference following an extraordinary cabinet meeting about the energy crisis, at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on 20 March 2026. PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP
Politics

Why Europe’s response to the Iran war is so disjointed

Ever since the United States and Israel began bombing Iran on 28 February 2026, Europe has appeared sidelined and divided over a conflict that could…

Khattar Abu Diab 26 March , 2026
US-Iran war threatens the world's digital arteries Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

US-Iran war threatens the world's digital arteries

In a world where more than 95% of international data flows through unseen submarine cables, the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab are no longer…

Abdulfattah Khattab 26 March , 2026
Iran denies it is negotiating with Trump
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Iran denies it is negotiating with Trump

Fares Garabet 25 March , 2026
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Leaders of SCO member states, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian—ahead of a summit session in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on 1 September 2026. Sputnik/Reuters
Business & Economy

SCO summit: a Eurasia that no longer seeks US permission

03 September 2026

In Bishkek, a loose Eurasian gathering of illiberal nations inched closer to a functioning post-dollar regional economic bloc

Shirley Ze Yu
Sara Padovan
Politics

Donald Trump and the new Latin American right

04 September 2026

Across Central and South America, a raft of right-wingers borrow from each other's playbooks and ride on the US president's coattails to win elections and power. Is it ideology or practicality?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
Al Majalla
Science & Technology

Fighting cancer with cancer: new vaccine raises hope

02 September 2026

In what could be a game-changer, Moderna and Merck announced the first-ever positive results from a Phase III trial to combat melanoma

Mohammed Mansour
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Hope sells: inroads in cancer treatment excite markets

03 September 2026

For every positive clinical result, pharmaceutical (pharma) companies stand to secure billions of dollars in revenue

Rana Freifer
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Eyal Weizman dissects the architecture of genocide

28 August 2026

In his new book, the British-Israeli academic shows the methodical tactics Israel has used to uproot Palestinians from their homeland since 1948

Hala Al-Naji

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