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An Ethiopian boy refugee who fled the Tigray conflict walks carrying a container of oil contributed by USAID, at Village Eight transit centre near the Ethiopian border in Gedaref, eastern Sudan, on December 2, 2020. (Getty)
Business & Economy

Development Depends on More Than Aid

In the quarter century preceding the global COVID-19 pandemic, the world achieved something astonishing: worldwide poverty fell by more than 60…

Gayle E. Smith 19 March , 2021
Syrians wait to leave the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of alleged Islamic State (IS) group fighters, in the Syrian northeastern al-Hasakeh governorate on December 10, 2020. (Getty)
Politics

10 Years of Syrian War – ISIS Exploiting Covid-19 to Restore Activities

As 10 years have passed since the start of the civil war in Syria, the Islamic State, or Da’esh, is making use of the COVID-19 pandemic to restore…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 19 March , 2021
A container ship sails through the new section of the Suez Canal in the Egyptian port city of Ismailia, 135 kms northeast of the caital Cairo on October 10, 2019. (Getty)
Politics

Egypt Cements Red Sea Security in the Face of Houthi Threats

CAIRO – The Egyptian and French navies have just wrapped up maritime exercises in the Red Sea, having conducted a series of naval activities with…

Amr Emam 19 March , 2021
Outgoing head of the council Fayez Al-Sarraj (C), Mohammad Menfi (L), the new president of the Libyan Presidential Council, and Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (R), the head of the National Unity Government attend the transition of power ceremony in Tripoli, Libya on March 16, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

Libyans Hope for Democracy, Stability and Peace

Under the new government which obtained parliament’s confidence a few days ago, the Libyan people are longing for the permanent stability, peace and…

Hatem Khedr 19 March , 2021
U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) talks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken following Blinken's testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Capitol Hill on March 10, 2021 in Washington, DC. Blinken discussed the Biden administration's priorities for U.S. foreign policy. (Getty)
Politics

White House Foreign Policy Moves Defy Expectations

The Biden administration has weathered its first series of tests abroad and offered glimpses of an emerging foreign policy. Dismissing the…

Joseph Braude 19 March , 2021
Armed Pakistani Taliban gather at a hideout in the semi-autonomous tribal district of Orakzai on April 22, 2009.(Getty)
Politics

The Pakistani Taliban is Back

Six years after their defeat, the once-dreaded Pakistani Taliban have staged a gradual comeback in their former territories in Waziristan, the rugged…

Daud Khattak 19 March , 2021
Turkish plain clothed police officers hold a group of protesters during a demonstration in support of Bogazici University students - arrested as they were protested against the nomination of a university rector appointed by the Turkish President - in front of the Istanbul's courthouse, on February 11, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

Boğaziçi’s Students Resort to Clubhouse

Ankara – Students of Boğaziçi University have recently found a new safe haven in the recently growing platform of Clubhouse, after their protests…

Jiwan Soz 19 March , 2021
Riz Ahmed as Ruben in “Sound of Metal.” (TNS)
Culture & Social Affairs

Riz Ahmed is The First Muslim Nominated for Lead Actor Oscar

Riz Ahmed made history as the first Muslim nominated for the Oscar for best actor with the recognition for his role in “Sound of Metal.” Actor…

Mark Olsen 15 March , 2021
Senior Assistant registrar of marriages Victor Wabuyube (R) briefs groom Charles Otieno and bride Jackline Adhiambo (first row) before making their vows during their wedding in Nairobi on September 25,2020, attended by few relatives, and lasting for fifteen minutes only. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

Africans Rethink Big, Bountiful Weddings as Pandemic Bites

The moment of truth for Ivan Arinaitwe came when he had to choose among many relatives and friends whom to invite to his wedding. An initial 150…

Majalla 14 March , 2021

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Artist Aziz Al-Asmar and his colleagues paint a mural that comprises the Syrian opposition flag and the word "Revolution" in Arabic, to commemorate 10 years since the start of the Syrian civil war.Syria, Idlib,14 March 2021.(DPA)

The World In Photos

Syrian woman Samiha Seri, 63, posing with one of her 16 orphaned grandchildren in front of a picture bearing the images of three of her own children. Samiha is looking after her grandchildren after losing six of her own children during the Syrian civil war. Syria, Idlib, 7 March 2021.(DPA)

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Vendors wait at a market in Damascus, Syria, 14 March 2021. (EPA)

The World In Photos

A Syrian girld cleans a cooking pot in front of her tent at a refugee camp for internally displaced people in the town of Ma'arrat Misrin, Syria,12 March 2021.(DPA)

The World In Photos

People carry opposition flags during a demonstration, marking the 10th anniversary of the start of the Syrian conflict, in the opposition-held Idlib, Syria March 15, 2021. Picture taken with a drone.(Reuters)

The World In Photos

A man hits a drum during a demonstration marking the 10th anniversary of the start of the Syrian conflict, in the opposition-held Idlib, Syria March 15, 2021.(Reuters)

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Fghters from Bedouin tribes in western Sweida city on July 19, 2025. AFP
Politics

Sweida is a test case for competing visions for Syria

24 August 2025

The outbreak of violence in Syria's south has jolted foreign powers into action. Russia's return there could bring more stability, but also threatens to undermine the US agenda

Caroline Rose
Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

New details emerge on Kamal Jumblatt's assassination

23 August 2025

Classified documents from the 1970s obtained by Al Majalla show what led to the killing of the Lebanese Druze politician and how Syria came to occupy Lebanon

Ibrahim Hamidi
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in front of a map of the Middle East during a press conference at the Government Press Office (GPO) in Jerusalem on September 4, 2024. ABIR SULTAN / AFP
Politics

Time to worry? Netanyahu says he ‘connects’ to a Greater Israel

20 August 2025

Those watching the Israeli prime minister over the years will not be surprised to hear of his affiliation with the idea of a much larger State of Israel. Now he is acting on it.

Amr Emam
A destroyed Lebanese bank after it was set on fire by protesters, Tripoli, June 12, 2020. AFP
Business & Economy

Investment in Lebanon: capital inflows depend on reforms

25 August 2025

Security is a precondition for prosperity and trade, but there are willing partners and ample possibilities if investors are better protected and the Lebanese banking sector is strengthened.

Souraya Chahine
Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Henrique Schneider on literature's power to hold a torch for justice

22 August 2025

In an interview with Al Majalla, the Brazilian novelist and lawyer speaks about the role intellectuals can play in promoting human rights and why anyone with a conscience should support Palestine

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy

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