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Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian President's chief of staff, looks on during a press conference in Kyiv on 27 August 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Sergei CHUZAVKOV / AFP
Profiles

Andriy Yermak: Zelensky's chief of staff 'resigns' amid corruption scandal

With negotiations over Ukraine’s future entering a critical stage, the surprise resignation of Andriy Yermak, the head of Kyiv’s negotiating team and…

Con Coughlin 07 December , 2025
The six noble gases countries are fighting over Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The six noble gases countries are fighting over

In the race for 21st-century technological dominance, most of the talk about resources has focused on critical minerals, by which most assume these…

Abdulfattah Khattab 07 December , 2025
Opinion

2026 will test the foundations of 'the new Syria'

As the anniversary of the Assad regime’s collapse approaches, Syria stands at a moment that invites both celebration and sober reflection. The fall…

Haid Haid 07 December , 2025
Spanish poet Miriam Reyes Wikimedia Commons
Culture & Social Affairs

Spanish poet Miriam Reyes on escaping the prison of the page

It was a moment of both recognition and resonance when Spanish poet Miriam Reyes found out recently that she had been awarded the 2025 National…

Mohammed Al-Bittari 06 December , 2025
Musk lifts the lid on X social media manipulators Al Majalla
Science & Technology

Musk lifts the lid on X social media manipulators

Recent changes to social media platform X have caused quite the stir among its users. It came after the platform introduced a new update that reveals…

Marco Mossad 06 December , 2025
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani meets with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Beijing on 17 November, 2025. SANA
Politics

China's approach to 'the new Syria' is one of cautious optimism

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani’s November visit to China marks the first visit by a senior Syrian official since former Syrian President…

Xiaotong Yang 06 December , 2025
The GCC moves from ‘safe neutrality’ to ‘indivisible security’ AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

The GCC moves from ‘safe neutrality’ to ‘indivisible security’

In the wake of Israeli and Iranian attacks on Qatar, the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have pledged to deepen their nations’…

Omar Harkous 06 December , 2025
The evolution of Latin America’s drug cartels Jay Torres
Politics

The evolution of Latin America’s drug cartels

For much of the last century, the illicit drug trade has shaped the economic, political, and social landscape of Latin America. What began as a small…

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra 05 December , 2025
A wounded girl lies on a hospital bed after an Israeli strike in the Syrian village of Beit Jin on 28 November 2025 killed 10 people, the deadliest Israeli attack since al-Assad's ouster in December 2024. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP
Politics

Israeli actions in southern Syria give Iran an opening

Israel’s dawn raid into Syria’s southern village of Beit Jinn in Rif Dimashq at dawn on 28 November marked a critical and unprecedented turning point…

Subhi Franjieh 05 December , 2025
Saudi Arabia's 2026 budget carefully boosts spending Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia's 2026 budget carefully boosts spending

Saudi Arabia’s 2026 budget puts citizens at the centre of national priorities. This shift in focus coincides with an accelerated transition towards a…

Omar Harkous 05 December , 2025
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A picture of Farid al-Madhan, known as "Caesar," wearing a blue robe in the US Congress.
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Politics

Syria's new post-sanctions test

22 December 2025

Damascus finally gets breathing room after the US repealed its draconian Caesar sanctions, but it can't exhale just yet. Al Majalla explains why.

Haid Haid
Opinion

Israeli gas and the crafting of a 'new Middle East'

22 December 2025

The US is poised to use Israeli gas as a lever to keep Iran on the backfoot following its regional setback, and it could even use it to undercut Russia's economy

Ibrahim Hamidi
Women and children at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to el-Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan, in January 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Zakaria
Politics

After el-Fasher: the trajectory of war in Sudan

16 November 2025

Washington seems to have changed its tone after the RSF committed atrocities in October, putting increasing pressure on the foreign backers of a paramilitary that now controls Darfur. What next?

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb
Despite a new president, a new prime minister, a new government, and a new central bank governor, what has actually changed after Lebanon's economic collapse? Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

A state in crisis: Lebanon’s struggle to restore financial stability 

20 December 2025

Following the appointment of a new president, Lebanon has struggled to come to terms with the deep-rooted challenges of its financial collapse

Toufic Chanbour
Culture & Social Affairs

This year in film: landmark moments across platforms

22 December 2025

Al Majalla looks back at a memorable and haunting year in film, with Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab one of 2025's most powerful works

Wael Said

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