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Umm Walid sits near her grandchildren in a room of an unfinished building where she lives with her five children and their families in the Daf al-Sakhr neighbourhood of Jaramana on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP
Business & Economy

Syria’s new draft tax law: capital over social equity?

In September 2025, Syrian Finance Minister Mohammad Yusr Barniyeh announced the completion of the draft income tax law due to take effect in 2026…

Joseph Daher 23 September , 2025
Palestine recognition is great. Now it's time for action. Al Majalla
Politics

Palestine recognition is great. Now it's time for action.

This week is a landmark moment in the decades-old fight for a sovereign Palestinian state, as several of the world’s most powerful nations line up to…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 23 September , 2025
Opinion

After the grandeur of Trump's visit, Britons go back to reality

Europe’s complex economic problems include chronic stagnation, overlapping internal and external conflicts, crumbling institutions, rapidly ageing…

Khaled Kassar 23 September , 2025
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Chatbots: powering the next wave of AI growth

Chatbots have become a central interface for artificial intelligence in both personal and professional domains. Whether drafting emails or tackling…

Al Majalla - London 23 September , 2025
Dutch writer, journalist and performer Christine Otten attends a photocall during the annual Edinburgh International Book Festival at George Street on August 23, 2017, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Roberto Ricciuti / Getty Images
Culture & Social Affairs

Christine Otten on telling the stories of the marginalised

Dutch writer Christine Otten is known for novels and plays inspired by real people. Her breakthrough came with The Last Poets, set in 1969 Harlem in…

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 23 September , 2025
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ahead of their meeting in Riyadh. SPA
Politics

Saudi-Pakistan defence pact cements already robust ties

Prince Turki Al-Faisal, the former head of Saudi intelligence, once described the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan as “the closest of…

Kamal Alam 23 September , 2025
Opinion

Syria in tight spot as it negotiates "peace" with Israel

In recent days, I have been closely following the debate and controversy among Syrians regarding the possibility of reaching a new security agreement…

Alia Mansour 22 September , 2025
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Business & Economy

Kuwait's budget deficit shrinks without public spending cuts

Kuwait’s Ministry of Finance has published the final accounts for 2024/2025, showing a smaller budget deficit. It came in at 1.056bn dinars, or $3…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 22 September , 2025
Opinion

Palestine advances, Syria returns to the world stage

In New York, stories never truly end. They return in different eras, under new names, with familiar shadows. But this time, they speak the language…

Ibrahim Hamidi 22 September , 2025
Free speech is being muzzled in America
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Free speech is being muzzled in America

Fares Garabet 21 September , 2025
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A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on 28 February 2026 as US and Israeli attacks on the country commence. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

US-Israel attack Iran but end goal remains unclear

27 February 2026

Military strategists have long warned that war should be waged only if those waging it know what they want to achieve. Herein lies a problem: Washington's war aims in Iran are incoherent.

Futoshi Matsumoto
Al Majalla
Politics

Iran’s strategy for war with the US

25 February 2026

Tehran isn't likely to easily fold if/when Trump attacks. This means that the longer a military confrontation drags out, the more untenable Washington's position becomes.

Bilal Saab
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Ukraine: the war that shook the world

23 February 2026

The conflict has forced Russia to scale back its global footprint and NATO to boost its defence spending. Meanwhile, China and Middle powers have emerged as key beneficiaries.

Christopher Phillips
AFP / Al Majalla
Science & Technology

Renewables on track to redefine global energy

23 February 2026

Natural resources like solar, wind, and water are set to provide 36% of global electricity production this year. Even for sceptics like Donald Trump, the trends are unmistakable.

Mohammed Mansour
Gregori Saavedra
Politics

Was Jeffrey Epstein a spy?

24 February 2026

Some point to his possible links to Mossad through his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, whose father was a known Israeli spy, and assert that he blackmailed powerful figures to exert influence

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