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New details emerge on Kamal Jumblatt's assassination Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

New details emerge on Kamal Jumblatt's assassination

The story of the Syrian army’s entry into Lebanon remains a subject of controversy, even two decades after it withdrew in 2005. It is significant…

Ibrahim Hamidi 23 August , 2025
Opinion

Why some wars are quickly resolved and others left to linger

Two distinct approaches to conflict management can be observed in today's modern conflicts, marking a drastic departure from the principles the…

Houssam Itani 23 August , 2025
An M23 soldier holds damaged weapons in the Stade de l’Unité (Unity Stadium) in Goma, DRC on May 13, 2025. Jospin Mwisha / AFP
Business & Economy

Tariffs and minerals: when trade and resource wars collide

A new 21st-century geo-economic battle is heating up over rare earths, with China using its advantage in trade talks with the United States and the…

Mohamed Sharki 23 August , 2025
Kamal Jumblatt’s letter to Assad days before he was killed Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Kamal Jumblatt’s letter to Assad days before he was killed

On 2 March 1977, just nine days before his assassination, Lebanese politician and leader of the National Movement (NM) Kamal Jumblatt addressed a…

Al Majalla - London 23 August , 2025
Henrique Schneider on literature's power to hold a torch for justice Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Henrique Schneider on literature's power to hold a torch for justice

Two-thirds of the way into a trilogy covering the widespread rights abuses of Brazil’s darkest chapter, Henrique Schneider says he wants to highlight…

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 22 August , 2025
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men stand at one of the gates to the Haram Al Sharif during the annual Tisha B'Av commemorating the destruction of ancient Jewish temples some 2,000 years ago. Menahem Kahana / AFP
Politics

Once shrugged off, Al Aqsa violations now irk more Israelis

Every year, religiously-observant Jews commemorate Tisha b’Av, the date associated with the destruction of the Temple Mount 2,000 years ago by the…

Daniel Seidemann 22 August , 2025
Ishag Abdullah Khatir, 30, from Geneina in West Sudan, whose leg was amputated after RSF soldiers shot him, poses for a portrait on April 20, 2024, in Adre, Chad. Getty
Politics

Foreign meddling in Sudan's war is only part of the problem

Of all the 21st century’s wars, Sudan’s civil war is among the most vicious. More than 150,000 have been killed and 13 million displaced since April…

Sergey Eledinov 22 August , 2025
Opinion

Why Hezbollah is threatened by a stable Syria

A few days after Iranian officials rejected the Lebanese government’s decision to disarm Hezbollah, Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme…

Alia Mansour 21 August , 2025
Trump to Zelenksyy: nice suit, but still no cards
Cartoons

Trump to Zelenksyy: nice suit, but still no cards

Fares Garabet 21 August , 2025
A burned-out home in Sweida on 6 August 2025. Shelly Kittleson
Politics

What happened in Sweida? Grim testimonies revealed

Sweida, Syria: The difference between a late December visit and one in early August to this southern Druze-majority city was stark, though the spark…

Shelly Kittleson 19 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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