Since its inception in 1947, Pakistan’s military has played an active role in the Arab world and the wider Middle East. This engagement echoes the…

Almost ten years after the genesis of the idea for the Saudi Arabian Drilling Academy (SADA), the training facility is fully realised and motoring in…

Ever since the latest wave of anti-government protests swept Iran at the start of the year, US President Donald Trump has deliberately given the…

The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. Al Majalla picks out some choice titles in our fortnightly round-up of the latest Arabic books…

On 13 January, the US designated the Muslim Brotherhood organisations in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan as “terrorist” groups. Tuesday's move came weeks…

Pro-government demonstrations in Iran indicate that the West’s hasty predictions of the imminent collapse of the Iranian regime may be premature…

In 2005, a series of bombings struck the Jordanian capital, Amman, killing dozens, among them the renowned Syrian filmmaker Mustafa Al-Aqqad. Al…

An eventful six weeks in Yemen have been capped off by the dissolution of the secessionist Southern Transitional Council (STC), which began in…

Saudi Arabia has removed more restrictions on non-resident portfolio investors, with analysts expecting the next stage to be lifting foreign…