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Lebanon's handling of Syrian prisoners will be telling

Syria and Lebanon have finally taken a significant step towards resolving one of the most persistent issues between them. The two countries are close…

Alia Mansour 27 January , 2026
US President Donald Trump holds a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during the World Economic Forum in Davos on 21 January 2026.
 Reuters
Politics

Trump's Nile mediation offer raises eyebrows in Egypt

US President Donald Trump’s recent proposal to mediate the longstanding water-sharing dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia can, on the surface, be…

Amr Emam 27 January , 2026
US plans for 'New Gaza' despite continuous killings
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US plans for 'New Gaza' despite continuous killings

Fares Garabet 26 January , 2026
'Gaza has broken every record of modern warfare' Al Majalla
Politics

'Gaza has broken every record of modern warfare'

Israel’s war on Gaza has shattered every known benchmark of modern conflict, says Rony Brauman, former president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)…

Elie Kossaifi 26 January , 2026
The Blue Nile River after the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir near the Ethiopian-Sudanese border, on 6 November 2020.
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Science & Technology

Global water bankruptcy and what can be done about it

While eyes have been fixed on stock markets, currency fluctuations, and political headlines, a recent United Nations report sounded an alarm that…

Mohammed Mansour 26 January , 2026
European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic (L) and Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira shake hands after signing a EU-Mercosur trade agreement in Asuncion, Paraguay, on 17 January 2026. LUIS ROBAYO / AFP
Business & Economy

Europe and South America seal a trade pact for the Trump era

The European Union and Mercosur, a bloc of South American countries, first started negotiating their trade deal last century. In 1999, Bill Clinton…

The Economist 26 January , 2026
Al Majalla's Film Watch: the best of Youssef Chahine Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla's Film Watch: the best of Youssef Chahine

Over a legendary career spanning 58 years, Youssef Chahine directed around 40 films, including several shorts and documentaries. On the centenary of…

Areej Jamal 25 January , 2026
Jens-Frederik Nielsen: the Greenlandic premier standing up to Trump Karagh Byrne
Profiles

Jens-Frederik Nielsen: the Greenlandic premier standing up to Trump

At a time of deepening tensions with Washington over US President Donald Trump’s desire to seize control of Greenland, the ancestry of the country’s…

Con Coughlin 25 January , 2026
Trump's Board of Peace gives hints of his vision for a new world order AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Trump's Board of Peace gives hints of his vision for a new world order

With a hesitant United Nations endorsement, the proposed Board of Peace was initially devised to uphold the ceasefire in Gaza, oversee reconstruction…

Tarek Rashed 25 January , 2026
A man walks past a mural depicting SDF supporters raising a flag showing the face of Abdullah Öcalan, the founding leader of the PKK, in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on December 16, 2024. Delil Souleiman/AFP
Politics

The SDF: from chosen US security partner to liability

Since its inception under American auspices, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has served as the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State…

Subhi Franjieh 24 January , 2026
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Politics

Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
Politics

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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