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Little Britain
Politics

Little Britain

Even before theUnited Kingdomofficially left theEuropean Unionin late January, Brexithad pushed the country into political convulsions…

Jeremy Shapiro 03 April , 2020
Arab-Israeli Reconciliation Brought to You by the Coronavirus
Politics

Arab-Israeli Reconciliation Brought to You by the Coronavirus

A few weeks on from the coronavirus outbreak in Israel, a state of rift, disagreement, and anger continues among the Isreali community and its…

Amal Shahada 03 April , 2020
How Human Activity on the Environment Might Have Led to the Coronavirus
Business & Economy

How Human Activity on the Environment Might Have Led to the Coronavirus

Understandably, most news stories and articles covering the coronavirus have been tragic ones involving deaths, cases and job losses. While the virus…

Ali El Shamy 03 April , 2020
The World is Breathing Fresher Air Under Lockdown
Business & Economy

The World is Breathing Fresher Air Under Lockdown

Amid travel bans, self-isolation, movement restrictions and the shut down of industrial activity taking place all over the world as…

Yasmine El Geressi 03 April , 2020
As Virus Toll in Iran Mounts, Leadership Begins to Awaken
Science & Technology

As Virus Toll in Iran Mounts, Leadership Begins to Awaken

As coronavirus spreads across the globe, almost no country has been hit more severely than Iran. The government’s early reluctance to impose…

Joseph Braude 03 April , 2020
Hezbollah’s Corona Quagmire: An Opportunity to Empower the LAF
Politics

Hezbollah’s Corona Quagmire: An Opportunity to Empower the LAF

Hezbollah has been under serious scrutiny by the Lebanese people in the past few weeks. At the group’s urging, the government continued to allow…

Hanin Ghaddar 02 April , 2020
China, Iran and the Coronavirus
Science & Technology

China, Iran and the Coronavirus

Let’s start with China, or specifically the Chinese authorities that accused Doctor Li Wenliang of spreading false information after he warned of a…

Elie Fawaz 02 April , 2020
Elections, Ties with China Shaped Iran's Coronavirus Response
Science & Technology

Elections, Ties with China Shaped Iran's Coronavirus Response

Iranian authorities ignored warnings by doctors in late December and January of an increasing number of patients with high fevers and lung infections…

Majalla 02 April , 2020
'Things Under Control': How Europe Sleep Walked into the Coronavirus Crisis
Science & Technology

'Things Under Control': How Europe Sleep Walked into the Coronavirus Crisis

Barely a month before Europe embarked on a scramble for masks, ventilators and testing kits to fight coronavirus, governments told Brussels their…

Majalla 01 April , 2020
Coronavirus in Syria: Another Means of International Blackmail
Science & Technology

Coronavirus in Syria: Another Means of International Blackmail

In a press conference about coronavirus a few days ago, Nazar Yazji, the health minister of the ruling Syrian regime stated: “The Arab Syrian army…

Alia Mansour 31 March , 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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