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Europe’s Split Response over Turkish Intervention in Libya
Politics

Europe’s Split Response over Turkish Intervention in Libya

Turkey’s intervention in Libya has been garnering media attention for the past two weeks. The two main warring factions in Libya, the Government of…

Ali El Shamy 24 July , 2020
Predicting the Next Pandemic
Science & Technology

Predicting the Next Pandemic

Political systems matter a great deal when it comes to disaster response. In general, democracies are better than autocracies at managing early…

Andrew S. Natsios 24 July , 2020
The Racist Origins of U.S. Policing
Politics

The Racist Origins of U.S. Policing

Protests for racial justice surged in the streets of American cities this June, only to meet a police response that looked startlingly like warfare:…

Julian Go 24 July , 2020
The Plight of Migrant Workers in Qatar
Culture & Social Affairs

The Plight of Migrant Workers in Qatar

Qatar, one of the world’s richest countries, has a long history of migrant worker abuse and exploitation, which has garnered widespread international…

Yasmine El Geressi 24 July , 2020
Israel Confronts Iran
Politics

Israel Confronts Iran

In early 2018, Israeli spies went into the heart of Tehran and obtained more than 110,000 documents on Iran's nuclear program. Netanyahu presented…

Elie Fawaz 24 July , 2020
Iran’s Internal and Regional Quicksand 
Politics

Iran’s Internal and Regional Quicksand 

Iran has been going through a financial crisis since it was hit with US sanctions a few years back, and this crisis had serious ramifications on the…

Hanin Ghaddar 24 July , 2020
Israel-Iran Confrontation Ascends to a New Pitch of Escalation
Politics

Israel-Iran Confrontation Ascends to a New Pitch of Escalation

While the world reels from the ongoing impact of the coronavirus, the Israeli-Iranian confrontation has ascended to a new pitch of escalation. A…

Joseph Braude 24 July , 2020
Culture & Social Affairs

California is Confronting its Ugly, Racist Past. But How Do We Best Do It?

Julie Tumamait-Stenslie scoffs when she hears defenders of the Father Junipero Serra statue in Ventura say it honors the city’s founder. She…

George Skelton 22 July , 2020
Politics

 Nuclear Threat Still Looms

On July 16, 1945, at around 5:30 a.m., 11-year-old Henry Herrera was outside his home in Tularosa, New Mexico, helping his father work on the…

Lilly Adams 22 July , 2020
COVID-19 Antibodies Fade Rapidly, Raising Risk of Lost Protection, Study Shows
Science & Technology

COVID-19 Antibodies Fade Rapidly, Raising Risk of Lost Protection, Study Shows

Recovering from COVID-19 may not offer much protection from future infections, particularly for those with only a mild case, researchers said in…

Michelle Fay Cortez 22 July , 2020
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Grace Russell
Politics

Gulf states should steer clear of attritional war traps

01 April 2026

The US-Israeli war against Iran aims to draw in Gulf states, but history has shown that entering wars is far easier than exiting them. Prudence is needed now more than ever.

Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi
Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin speaks at a press conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 25 August, 2025. Luka Dakskobler / Getty
Politics

'Israel is exploiting Iran war to kill a Palestinian state'

01 April 2026

PA Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin tells Al Majalla that Israel is taking advantage of the fact that the world is distracted by the US-Iran war to create irreversible facts on the ground

Ahmed Maher
Ewan White
Politics

Iraq's internal battle for influence comes to a head

31 March 2026

New fronts have opened up across the region in light of the US-Israeli war on Iran, as non-state actors with links to Tehran fear for their futures

Rustum Mahmud
People gather during a celebration called by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) at the Umayyad Square, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, 20 December, 2024. Reuters / Ammar
Business & Economy

US-Iran war gives Syria's global economic pitch more urgency

01 April 2026

Given the effective closure of the Hormuz Strait and Houthi threats to close off the Red Sea, Syria may emerge as a corridor and conduit to bypass these embattled maritime chokepoints

Charles Lister
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Politics

Farid al-Madhan: Assad's fingerprints were on every picture

31 March 2026

A former army forensics employee who later became known as Caesar tells Al Majalla how he risked his life to expose the torture and killing of countless Syrians in regime prisons

Ibrahim Hamidi

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