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The Caesar Act: Syria Faces Financial Ruin 
Business & Economy

The Caesar Act: Syria Faces Financial Ruin 

In Syria, 1,000 pounds in the national currency can get you five walnuts. A state employee’s monthly salary barely buys 4 pounds of meat. Prices…

Nabih Bulos 26 June , 2020
The UK’s Lockdown Days Are Numbered
Science & Technology

The UK’s Lockdown Days Are Numbered

Boris Johnson has announced this week some new easing of lockdown measures in England. Under the new rules, pubs, cafes, restaurants can reopen for…

Ali El Shamy 26 June , 2020
America’s Voice in the Middle East Hangs in the Balance
Politics

America’s Voice in the Middle East Hangs in the Balance

On June 15, President Trump’s pick to head a global network of news agencies funded and operated by the US government started work following a…

Yasmine El Geressi 26 June , 2020
How the Pandemic is Exacerbated by America’s Health Insurance Problem
Culture & Social Affairs

How the Pandemic is Exacerbated by America’s Health Insurance Problem

As thecoronavirus pandemiccontinues to sweep across the United States, with more than 2.3 million confirmed cases and over 120,000 deaths, it is has…

Yasmine El Geressi 26 June , 2020
Politics

Israel Does Not Fear Lebanon’s Failed Political System

In a press conference held by the son-in-law of the Lebanon’s president Gebran Bassil, he spoke of Israel’s fear of a regional competition with…

Elie Fawaz 26 June , 2020
High-Profile Clashes at Pivotal Democratic Primaries
Politics

High-Profile Clashes at Pivotal Democratic Primaries

Amid ongoing urban unrest and the fallout from COVID-19, two states are hosting primary elections to determine key Democratic party nominees for the…

Joseph Braude 26 June , 2020
Michael Jordan: NBA Legend and Philanthropist for African Americans
Culture & Social Affairs

Michael Jordan: NBA Legend and Philanthropist for African Americans

Early Life and Education Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. His mother Deloris Jordan was a bank…

Al Majalla - London 22 June , 2020
PlayStation 5 Revealed
Science & Technology

PlayStation 5 Revealed

Although E3 has been cancelled, it’s not stopping video game makers from unleashing big announcements. Sony led the way on June 11 with its…

Gieson Cacho 19 June , 2020
A New Civil Rights Movement Is a Foreign Policy Win
Politics

A New Civil Rights Movement Is a Foreign Policy Win

Just as the world today is consumed with images of American law enforcement officers pepper-spraying peaceful protesters in front of theWhite…

Chris Murphy 19 June , 2020
China Has Designs on Democracy in Southeast Asia
Politics

China Has Designs on Democracy in Southeast Asia

In January 2019, Dan Coats, then the U.S. director of national intelligence, warned the Senate Intelligence Committee that Cambodia’s “slide toward…

Sam Rainsy 19 June , 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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