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Tunisian President Kais Saied after winning the elections, Tunis, October 21, 2024. AFP
Politics

Kais Saied appears to be in the driver's seat...for now

Tunisia’s government, under President Kais Saied, is now well-established, six years after his initial election and four years after his overhaul of…

Sabina Henneberg 31 August , 2025
Opinion

Syria’s promise of accountability risks ringing hollow

The case of Ahmad al-Abdullah—a member of Syria’s new military, also known as Abu al-Meesh al-Sarawi— highlights the persistent lack of transparency…

Haid Haid 30 August , 2025
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Culture & Social Affairs

Jordi Puntí: today's writers are more like entertainers than creators

Barcelona: At the heart of the contemporary Catalan literary scene, Jordi Puntí emerges as a distinctive voice, skilfully blending profound narrative…

Mohammed Al-Bittari 30 August , 2025
A US Air Force B-1B bomber is followed by fighter planes above one of the three Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, on October 25, during a demonstration flight as part of the Bright Star 99 military exercises. FMS/ZDC
Politics

Bright Star: a barometer of Egypt-US relations

Relations between Egypt and the US span numerous key initiatives. Few, however, compare to the Bright Star exercise, which began on 28 August at the…

Amr Emam 30 August , 2025
Broker or showman? Trump’s high-stakes Ukraine play Nash
Politics

Broker or showman? Trump’s high-stakes Ukraine play

Over the course of several dramatic days, marked by headline-grabbing images, high-level meetings, and US President Donald Trump casting himself as…

Aqeel Abbas 30 August , 2025
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L), Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meet on the sidelines of the two-day NATO Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague on June 24, 2025. Ludovic MARIN / AFP
Politics

European countries trigger the ‘snapback’ of Iran sanctions

Germany, France, and the United Kingdom on Thursday triggered the so-called snapback of UN sanctions on Iran, after years of talks to elicit greater…

Keith Johnson 29 August , 2025
Opinion

Why Iran’s allies in Iraq are taking aim at Kurdistan

Iran perceives the Kurdistan Region—an autonomous territory in northern Iraq—as a ‘functional adversary’ capable of delivering its objectives swiftly…

Rustum Mahmud 29 August , 2025
Opinion

Why do they interfere in our affairs?

A familiar sense of irritation arises whenever a foreign official presumes to dictate how we should manage our own affairs. What to do and what not…

Houssam Itani 29 August , 2025
Tunisia's President Kais Saied (R) shows Massad Boulos, senior adviser to the US president for Africa, pictures of starving children in Gaza during their meeting at the presidential palace in Carthage on July 22, 2025. Tunisian Presidency / AFP
Business & Economy

The US returns to North Africa with an eye on Beijing and Moscow

In July, US President Donald Trump dispatched his daughter Tiffany’s father-in-law, Lebanese-born businessman Massad Boulos, on a diplomatic mission…

Mohamed Sharki 29 August , 2025
Opinion

What the Taliban can learn from Ahmed al-Sharaa

Four years after the fall of Kabul, the Taliban’s grip on power remains stronger than it has ever been. It controls virtually all the territory…

Kamal Alam 28 August , 2025
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Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Trump has lost the Iran war, but how badly?

20 April 2026

While all the effects of this conflict may take time to fully realise, short and medium-term signs expose the limits of US power and see America's rivals benefiting

Christopher Phillips
Jason Lyon
Business & Economy

The Iran war is reshaping the China-Gulf economic model

21 April 2026

Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?

Charbel Barakat
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Lebanon and Israel: negotiations and the end of Hezbollah

23 April 2026

Building on the ten-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, time will tell if these talks are a one-off or the beginning of a different path for Lebanon.

Al Majalla - London
Grace Russell
Science & Technology

Saving the soldiers: robots as Ukraine’s new weapon

22 April 2026

The war in Ukraine is becoming an open laboratory for testing advanced military technologies that may yet redefine the very meaning of combat

Marco Mossad
Nesma Moharam
Culture & Social Affairs

New book tackles the fading art of Koranic recitation

20 April 2026

Egyptian heritage researcher Haytham Abu Zayd sheds light on how the art form grew, excelled, and then declined over the years and ends by offering a path to revival

Fadi El-Abdallah

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