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 U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, delivers remarks beside U.S. President Joe Biden, to Department of Defense personnel at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Feb. 10, 2021.
Politics

Biden’s Foreign Policy Success Will Depend on How America Rebuilds at Home

Earlier this month President Joe Biden went to the State Department to pump up a demoralized foreign service corps, and to tell the world: “America…

Trudy Rubin 23 February , 2021
Painted for Majalla by Migdad.
Cartoons

Trump Triumphs, Democracy Defeated

Majalla 19 February , 2021
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps launches missiles during a military drill in an unknown location in central Iran on Jan. 15, 2021. (TNS)
Politics

Iran's Proxies Pounce as Biden Tries to Negotiate

Since President Joe Biden took office, Iran’s regional proxies have been busy. This month alone, Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed credit for a drone…

Eli Lake 21 February , 2021

The World in Photos This Week

February, 2021
The World in Photos This Week

Sandy Kneeland (R) embraces her old friend, Dave Sibila, through a hug tent at the Crossroads Senior Living community on February 26, 2021 in Lakewood, Colorado.(Getty)

The World in Photos This Week

Baylie Belman #21 competes in the Uneven Bars prior to the Nastia Liukin Cup at Indiana Convention Center on February 26, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana.(Getty)

The World in Photos This Week

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships - Oberstdorf, Germany - February 27, 2021.(Reuters)

The World in Photos This Week

An ancient-Roman ceremonial carriage is discovered in a dig near the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, destroyed in 79 AD in volcanic eruption, Italy, February, 2021.(Reuters)

The World in Photos This Week

A general view of runners and riders in action as they compete in the MansionBet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Chase at Hereford Racecourse, on February 28, 2021 in Hereford, England.(Getty)

The World in Photos This Week

A protester washes his face after riot police fired tear gas on February 28, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar's military government has intensified a crackdown on protesters in recent days, using tear gas, charging at and arresting protesters and journalists.(Getty)

A wounded man is carried on a stretcher by a medical team after security forces opened fire on protesters during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay on February 20, 2021.(Getty)

Two Killed in Myanmar City of Mandalay in Another Day of Protests

Two people were killed in Myanmar's second city Mandalay on Saturday when police fired to disperse protesting opponents of a Feb. 1 military coup,…

Majalla 20 February , 2021
Protesters rally against the military coup and arrest of National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar, at Parliament House on February 12, 2021 in Canberra, Australia.
Politics

Why Did It Take a Coup?

For years,ThinzarShunleiYi’s activism against the brutality of Myanmar’s military, at best, was met with tepid enthusiasm or, at worst, set her up as…

Timothy McLaughlin 20 February , 2021
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speak to the media prior to talks at the Chancellery on August 27, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
Politics

When Allies Go Nuclear

The year is 2030. Seismic monitors have just detected an unforeseen underground atomic explosion, signaling that yet another country has joined the…

Chuck Hagel, Malcolm Rifkind, Kevin Rudd, Ivo H. Daalder 20 February , 2021
Hana Moustafa, 35, performs at a floating restaurant in Cairo’s upscale neighbourhood of Maadi on February 13, 2021. (By Menna A. Farouk)
Culture & Social Affairs

Whirling Away Stereotypes

The sounds of music were loud in a dinner hall inside one of the floating restaurants in Cairo’s upscaleneighbourhoodofMaadi. Outside the hall…

Menna A. Farouk 19 February , 2021
A vintage Landline Phone.
Culture & Social Affairs

A Vintage Phone

‘All that you left behind’ is what this compilation of short stories is about. A brief history of the intangible heritage of Cairo, the city that…

Amira el Noshokaty 19 February , 2021
A picture of Lokman Slim is seen during a memorial service to pay tribute to him, one week after he was found dead in his car, on February 11, 2021 in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon.
Politics

Lebanon’s Policymaking and Hezbollah’s Killing Machine

With a new set of priorities established by the Biden administration in Washington, less attention is being given to the Middle East, and…

Hanin Ghaddar 19 February , 2021
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Benjamin Netanyahu is damaged goods in the West

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Key voices in the West appear to be throwing him under the bus ahead of the approaching Israeli election

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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, on 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
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An emboldened Iran could trigger an IS comeback

22, Oct 2026

Should the US and Israel fail in their war on Iran, Tehran would likely expand its regional influence at the expense of Sunni Arabs, who could potentially turn to extremist groups to fight back

James Jeffrey
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The Palestinian flag in France: from student activism to social unrest 

23, Oct 2026

Once a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, it is now being used by different groups to advance their own grievances and agendas

Waddah Abu Jamea
Ukranian Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba listens to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General during the alliance's 75th anniversary at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels on 4 April 2024. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
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Ahmed Maher

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