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What Is a Life Worth?
Business & Economy

What Is a Life Worth?

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised fundamental questions about how to balance the protection of public health and the protection of the economy. How…

W. Kip Viscusi 19 June , 2020
The International Order Didn’t Fail the Pandemic Alone
Science & Technology

The International Order Didn’t Fail the Pandemic Alone

As the novel coronavirus pandemic has spread around the world, international organizations, struggling to keep pace with the virus’s impact, seem to…

Thomas R. Pickering and Atman M. Trivedi 19 June , 2020
The Caesar Act: Why Economic Sanctions Fail
Business & Economy

The Caesar Act: Why Economic Sanctions Fail

Much has been said and written in recent weeks about The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, also known as the Caesar Act, which came into effect…

Elie Fawaz 19 June , 2020
'I am Burning’: The Deadly Treatment of Afghan Refugees in Iran
Culture & Social Affairs

'I am Burning’: The Deadly Treatment of Afghan Refugees in Iran

“Bring Some Water; I’m Burning!” became a rallying cry for justice after a minute-long video, which went viral on social media, shows a harrowing…

Yasmine El Geressi 19 June , 2020
Shifting Winds in America’s Presidential Contest
Politics

Shifting Winds in America’s Presidential Contest

Between the devastation of the coronavirus and the energizing effect of the George Floyd protests on minority voters, prominent American pollsters…

Joseph Braude 19 June , 2020
Qatar Faces Accusations of Terrorist Funding
Politics

Qatar Faces Accusations of Terrorist Funding

The summer of 2017 was a tumultuous time in the Middle East as it saw the beginning of the on-going diplomatic boycott on Qatar. On June 5 of that…

Al Majalla - London 19 June , 2020

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Hospital patient Isidre Correa is taken to the seaside by intensive health care staff outside the Hospital del Mar on June 03, 2020 in Barcelona, Spain. (Getty)

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The Compton Cowboys raise their fists in the air during a 'peace ride' for George Floyd on June 7, 2020 in Compton, California. This is the 13th day of protests since George Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody on May 25. (Getty)

June 12

Monique Gray leads a crowd of protesters in a back and forth chant in support of George Floyd and against police brutality near Dolores Park in San Francisco, California on June 03, 2020. (Getty)

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II rides Balmoral Fern, a 14-year-old Fell Pony, in Windsor Home Park, west of London, over the weekend of May 30 and May 31, 2020. (Getty)

June 12

Indigenous people from various ethnic groups pose for portraits wearing the traditional dress of their tribes and face masks amid the spread of the coronavirus in Manaus. (Getty)

June 12

A cemetery worker digs new graves at the Xico cemetery on the outskirts of the capital, as the coronavirus outbreak continues in Mexico. (Getty)

Matt Hancock: The Young Health Secretary Who Found Himself Amidst Modern Britain’s Worst Health Crisis
Politics

Matt Hancock: The Young Health Secretary Who Found Himself Amidst Modern Britain’s Worst Health Crisis

Early Life and Education Matt Hancock was born on 2 May 1978 in Chester, Cheshire, England. His family did not have a political background, as…

Al Majalla - London 12 June , 2020
Exceptionalism Is Killing Americans
Science & Technology

Exceptionalism Is Killing Americans

In early May, a 29-year-old man visited several bars and nightclubs in the South Korean capital ofSeouland soon after tested positive for COVID-19,…

Jeremy Konyndyk 12 June , 2020
Assad’s Divide and Conquer Strategy in Syria
Politics

Assad’s Divide and Conquer Strategy in Syria

Divide and conquer is a political-military-economic term policy of maintaining control over one's subordinates or opponents by encouraging dissent…

Alia Mansour 12 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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