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Finding a Vaccine Is Only the First Step
Science & Technology

Finding a Vaccine Is Only the First Step

It is now abundantly clear that the world cannot fully emerge from its current state of novel coronavirus lockdown until a vaccine is found. Never…

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 08 May , 2020
The Coronavirus Won’t Usher in an American Welfare State
Business & Economy

The Coronavirus Won’t Usher in an American Welfare State

The Great Depression of the 1930s led to PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, which created some of the United States’ most important…

Lane Kenworthy 08 May , 2020
Bashar al-Assad v. Rami Makhlouf: A Spat Between Cousins Takes Dramatic Turn
Politics

Bashar al-Assad v. Rami Makhlouf: A Spat Between Cousins Takes Dramatic Turn

Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad is once again conflicting with his businessman cousin Rami Makhlouf. Spats between both men are a regular…

Alia Mansour 08 May , 2020
A New Tense Decade
Science & Technology

A New Tense Decade

The second decade of the third millennium has kicked off with a global crisis in the form of COVID-19. The virus started in China and has since…

Elie Fawaz 08 May , 2020
The Pandemic Won’t Save the Climate
Culture & Social Affairs

The Pandemic Won’t Save the Climate

The economic free fall accompanying the coronavirus pandemic has, by some measures, made the world a cleaner place. Air pollution in Chinese, Indian,…

David G. Victor 08 May , 2020
Latin America’s Prison Gangs Draw Strength From the Pandemic
Science & Technology

Latin America’s Prison Gangs Draw Strength From the Pandemic

OnMarch 16, riots broke out in four prisons in thestate of São PauloinBrazil. The novel coronavirus was at the heart of these disturbances: the…

Steven Dudley 08 May , 2020
Fairuz: The Charming Voice of Lebanon 
Culture & Social Affairs

Fairuz: The Charming Voice of Lebanon 

Lebanese singer and actress Fairuz is widely considered to be one of the most celebrated Arab singers of the 20th century. Fairuzwas…

Al Majalla - London 08 May , 2020
Iran is Yielding Ground to the Combined Pressure of its Adversaries 
Politics

Iran is Yielding Ground to the Combined Pressure of its Adversaries 

The past week has been a difficult one for Tehran and its regional ambitions. Israeli air strikes, economic collapse stemming from the…

Joseph Braude 08 May , 2020
The US and China’s Dangerous Race for a Vaccine
Science & Technology

The US and China’s Dangerous Race for a Vaccine

A dramatic deterioration in US-China relations in recent weeks has further destabilised a critical relationship between Washington and Beijing that…

Yasmine El Geressi 08 May , 2020
As We Await the Caeser Act to be put into Law, the Syrian Regime Purchases A 27 Million Euro Painting
Politics

As We Await the Caeser Act to be put into Law, the Syrian Regime Purchases A 27 Million Euro Painting

“A 27 Million Euro Gift for Asma al-Assad: A Scandal in Arises in Syria after Russian Accusations”. That was a headline of an article published by…

Alia Mansour 07 May , 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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