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A US Air Force B-1B bomber is followed by fighter planes above one of the three Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, on October 25, during a demonstration flight as part of the Bright Star 99 military exercises. FMS/ZDC
Politics

Bright Star: a barometer of Egypt-US relations

Relations between Egypt and the US span numerous key initiatives. Few, however, compare to the Bright Star exercise, which began on 28 August at the…

Amr Emam 30 August , 2025
Broker or showman? Trump’s high-stakes Ukraine play Nash
Politics

Broker or showman? Trump’s high-stakes Ukraine play

Over the course of several dramatic days, marked by headline-grabbing images, high-level meetings, and US President Donald Trump casting himself as…

Aqeel Abbas 30 August , 2025
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L), Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meet on the sidelines of the two-day NATO Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague on June 24, 2025. Ludovic MARIN / AFP
Politics

European countries trigger the ‘snapback’ of Iran sanctions

Germany, France, and the United Kingdom on Thursday triggered the so-called snapback of UN sanctions on Iran, after years of talks to elicit greater…

Keith Johnson 29 August , 2025
Opinion

Why Iran’s allies in Iraq are taking aim at Kurdistan

Iran perceives the Kurdistan Region—an autonomous territory in northern Iraq—as a ‘functional adversary’ capable of delivering its objectives swiftly…

Rustum Mahmud 29 August , 2025
Opinion

Why do they interfere in our affairs?

A familiar sense of irritation arises whenever a foreign official presumes to dictate how we should manage our own affairs. What to do and what not…

Houssam Itani 29 August , 2025
Tunisia's President Kais Saied (R) shows Massad Boulos, senior adviser to the US president for Africa, pictures of starving children in Gaza during their meeting at the presidential palace in Carthage on July 22, 2025. Tunisian Presidency / AFP
Business & Economy

The US returns to North Africa with an eye on Beijing and Moscow

In July, US President Donald Trump dispatched his daughter Tiffany’s father-in-law, Lebanese-born businessman Massad Boulos, on a diplomatic mission…

Mohamed Sharki 29 August , 2025
Opinion

What the Taliban can learn from Ahmed al-Sharaa

Four years after the fall of Kabul, the Taliban’s grip on power remains stronger than it has ever been. It controls virtually all the territory…

Kamal Alam 28 August , 2025
A view taken on March 5, 2009, in Paris shows skeletons, part of the Department of Anthropology at the Musée de l'Homme (The Museum of Man) in Paris. PATRICK KOVARIK / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

'The Bread of the French': a poetic indictment of French racism

In the basement of the Musée de l’Homme (The Museum of Man) rest more than 18,000 skulls, collected from across France’s colonial empire—many of them…

Samir Qasimi 28 August , 2025
Are land grabs becoming the norm in today's world? Sara Padovan
Politics

Are land grabs becoming the norm in today's world?

In the latest round of talks over Ukraine, Donald Trump appeared to make a significant concession. The Guardian reported that, after meeting with…

Christopher Phillips 28 August , 2025
Sudan stuck between war and famine
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Sudan stuck between war and famine

Fares Garabet 28 August , 2025
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Khamenei's killing opens up a strategic abyss

01 March 2026

Gulf states' delicate balancing act—maintaining security partnerships with the US while cautiously reopening channels to Iran—has been shattered

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
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Politics

Trump is betraying his base by waging war on Iran

02 March 2026

Voters were promised America First, not Bush-era interventions

Emma Ashford
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

US-Iran war: economic costs already start to stack up

01 March 2026

Al Majalla lays out three possible scenarios for how the conflict unfolds, along with their associated costs

Mohamed Sharki
Sara Padovan
Politics

Operation Epic Fury: the point of no return

28 February 2026

The US and Israel carried out strikes across Iran, and Tehran has retaliated by striking US/Israeli assets across the region. Could this turn into the regional war analysts have been warning about?

Michael Horowitz
Al Majalla
Profiles

Alireza Arafi: the cleric charged with selecting Iran's next Supreme Leader

02 March 2026

A clerical member of the Guardian Council, he was selected to serve on the Leadership Council along with President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei

Alex Vatanka

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