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Hezbollah’s Drug Dealing and Money Laundering
Politics

Hezbollah’s Drug Dealing and Money Laundering

A few days ago, Russian police seized a truck loaded with 200 thousand US dollars worth of drugs at a rural town near Damascus. The truck originated…

Alia Mansour 17 April , 2020
Lebanon Under Lockdown
Politics

Lebanon Under Lockdown

The current coronavirus lockdown measures in Lebanon have resulted in a national economic downturn, which has been getting worse day by day. The…

Elie Fawaz 17 April , 2020
Don’t Count on China to Lift the Global Economy
Business & Economy

Don’t Count on China to Lift the Global Economy

As life grinds to a halt in much of the world because of the novel coronavirus, the country that until recently was the hardest hit by the deadly…

Dexter Roberts 17 April , 2020
Coronavirus and the Future of Surveillance
Science & Technology

Coronavirus and the Future of Surveillance

The novel coronavirus pandemic is causing tens of thousands of deaths, wreaking economic devastation, leading to lockdowns across much of the world,…

Nicholas Wright 17 April , 2020
South Korea Offers a Lesson in Best Practices
Science & Technology

South Korea Offers a Lesson in Best Practices

When it comes to the novel coronavirus,South Koreahas taken tracing to a new level. When passengers deplane atIncheon International AirportnearSeoul,…

Victor Cha 17 April , 2020
Iran’s Virus Diplomacy
Science & Technology

Iran’s Virus Diplomacy

The coronavirus has hit the Middle East at a time when the region is already burdened with a series of long-running conflicts, economic crises, and…

Yasmine El Geressi 17 April , 2020
Politicians are Embracing the Misleading Coronavirus Cure Claims Infecting the Internet
Politics

Politicians are Embracing the Misleading Coronavirus Cure Claims Infecting the Internet

The rise of “fake news”isn’t a creation of the digital age.Long before Facebook, from the 80s through to the 2000s dangerous rumours circulated about…

Yasmine El Geressi 17 April , 2020
The Coronavirus Brings New Hope for Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation Talks
Science & Technology

The Coronavirus Brings New Hope for Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation Talks

As the entire world is battling the Coronavirus pandemic, something astounding started happening in the Middle East. Israel and the Palestinian…

Mohamed Abo Don  17 April , 2020
The Coronavirus Brings New Hope for Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation Talks
Science & Technology

The Coronavirus Brings New Hope for Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation Talks

As the entire world is battling the Coronavirus pandemic, something astounding started happening in the Middle East. Israel and the Palestinian…

Gaza: Mohamed Abo Don  17 April , 2020
Andrew Cuomo: The New York Governor’s Rise to the Spotlight
Politics

Andrew Cuomo: The New York Governor’s Rise to the Spotlight

Andrew Mark Cuomo was born on Dec. 6, 1957, and is the second child of Mario Cuomo and Matilda Raffa Cuomo. He grew up in…

Al Majalla - London 17 April , 2020
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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to hold

07 April 2026

If the ceasefire collapses, China has an interest in getting the two sides back to the table, but it would be a difficult task given Tehran's deep mistrust of the US and Israel.

Xiaotong Yang
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
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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