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Lebanon’s Failed Sectarian System is to Blame for Hezbollah and its Weaponry
Politics

Lebanon’s Failed Sectarian System is to Blame for Hezbollah and its Weaponry

Hezbollah’s "opponents" no longer want to address the Lebanese militia’s weapons. These so-called opponents continually emphasized the dangers of the…

Elie Fawaz 12 June , 2020
A Lockdown Diary
Culture & Social Affairs

A Lockdown Diary

DECEMBER 2019 – PREHISTORY In days of yore, when no one knew the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic – apart from…

Bryn Haworth 12 June , 2020
How to Keep the United States in the WHO
Politics

How to Keep the United States in the WHO

The same week thatthe United Statespassed the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, PresidentDonald Trumpannounced thatthe United…

Harold Hongju Koh and Lawrence O. Gostin 12 June , 2020
The World Is Watching
Science & Technology

The World Is Watching

Analysts of international affairs rarely focus on how the domestic condition ofthe United Statesshapes the country’s influence and role in the world,…

Richard Haass 12 June , 2020
From Free Accommodation to Sanitising Luggage
Culture & Social Affairs

From Free Accommodation to Sanitising Luggage

The UK has recently adopted a new travel policy, which dictates that anyone arriving into the country is required to quarantine themselves for 14…

Ali El Shamy 12 June , 2020
Surviving the Economic Shockwaves: The Impact of COVID-19 and Oil Prices on the Gulf
Business & Economy

Surviving the Economic Shockwaves: The Impact of COVID-19 and Oil Prices on the Gulf

The coronavirus pandemic is having a dramatic impact on economies across the globe,but Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries — Bahrain, Kuwait,…

Yasmine El Geressi 13 June , 2020
Imagining a Biden Foreign Policy
Politics

Imagining a Biden Foreign Policy

On June 5, U.S. Senator Joseph Biden acquired the 1,991 delegates needed to formally secure the Democratic nomination for President. Though months…

Joseph Braude 12 June , 2020
Where Is Russia’s Strongman in the Coronavirus Crisis?
Science & Technology

Where Is Russia’s Strongman in the Coronavirus Crisis?

In Russia, the pandemic has wrong-footed both the opposition and the authorities. The opposition, used to comparing President Vladimir Putin’s regime…

Alexander Baunov 05 June , 2020
The Spanish Flu Didn’t Wreck the Global Economy
Science & Technology

The Spanish Flu Didn’t Wreck the Global Economy

In October 1918, the Spanish flu descended on Stanford University. Residents donned facemasks, football games were cancelled, and students were asked…

Walter Scheidel 05 June , 2020
The Pandemic Does Not Spell the End for Cities
Science & Technology

The Pandemic Does Not Spell the End for Cities

The novel coronavirus pandemic threatens to upend urban life as we know it. Metropolises such as New York City have ground to a halt while grappling…

Jennifer Keesmaat 05 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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