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Sir Ringo Starr: Former Beatle Celebrates his 80th Birthday with Peace and Love
Culture & Social Affairs

Sir Ringo Starr: Former Beatle Celebrates his 80th Birthday with Peace and Love

A Childhood of Unfortunate Events Sir Richard Starkey, better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, was born on July 7, 1940 to Richard…

Ali El Shamy 10 July , 2020
The Unravelling of the U.S.-South Korean Alliance
Politics

The Unravelling of the U.S.-South Korean Alliance

U.S.PresidentDonald Trumphas held three summits withKim Jong Un, the North Korean leader, in the last three years and still failed to secure a…

Sue Mi Terry 10 July , 2020
Politics

Selling Dreams to the Lebanese People

Politicians in Lebanon are no longer responsible for the grim state the country has reached. On one hand, there is a group that blames the policies…

Elie Fawaz 10 July , 2020
Climate Change, Water Woes, and Conflict Concerns in the Middle East: A Toxic Mix
Business & Economy

Climate Change, Water Woes, and Conflict Concerns in the Middle East: A Toxic Mix

Hotter heatwaves, higher sea levels and more severe droughts: This is the sweltering reality in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) where climate…

Yasmine El Geressi 10 July , 2020
Beijing’s Takeover of Hong Kong Sovereignty
Politics

Beijing’s Takeover of Hong Kong Sovereignty

Hong Kong’s semiautonomous status is due to run out in 2047, 50 years after the UK transferred its powers over the city-state to Beijing. Because…

Ali El Shamy 10 July , 2020
Democratic Strategists Eye Trump Strongholds
Politics

Democratic Strategists Eye Trump Strongholds

The resurgence of the coronavirus in the U.S., driven principally by increases in southern and western states — together with thespike in ethnic…

Joseph Braude 10 July , 2020
Boris Johnson’s “New Deal”
Business & Economy

Boris Johnson’s “New Deal”

At the beginning of the new year, Boris Johnson tweeted a photo of himself giving two thumbs up, with a caption that read: “This is going to be a…

Ali El Shamy 03 July , 2020
China’s Sovereignty Obsession

China’s Sovereignty Obsession

On the evening ofJune 15, hundreds of Chinese and Indian troops clashed in theGalwan Valley, a remote part of the disputed border between the two…

M. Taylor Fravel 03 July , 2020
A Pandemic Opportunity With Iran
Science & Technology

A Pandemic Opportunity With Iran

Just five years ago, it looked as thoughIranandthe United Stateswere moving toward more open relations. In 2015,the United Statesand five other world…

Stuart E. Eisenstat and Thomas R. Pickering 03 July , 2020
Tunisian Poet Anis Chouchene: I hope the Anti-Racism Protests Ignite Change in the Arab World
Culture & Social Affairs

Tunisian Poet Anis Chouchene: I hope the Anti-Racism Protests Ignite Change in the Arab World

Artist and poet Anis Chouchene is Tunisian by nationality, African by identity and human by belonging. Chouchene writes about and for humankind,…

Amena Derwazi 03 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
Farid al-Madhan Reuters/ Al Majalla
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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