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The Bloody Split Within ISIS
Politics

The Bloody Split Within ISIS

by Vera Mironova, Ekaterina Sergatskova, Karam Alhamad In 2014, as life in ISIS began to stabilize, many of its foreign fighters adopted an almost…

Majalla 15 December , 2017
McMaster: I’m a Big Fan of the British government’s Report on the Muslim Brotherhood, and Washington Defined the Threat Too Myopically in Recent Years
Politics

McMaster: I’m a Big Fan of the British government’s Report on the Muslim Brotherhood, and Washington Defined the Threat Too Myopically in Recent Years

[caption id="attachment_55255019" align="aligncenter" width="4770"] US National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster speaks during a briefing in the Brady…

Joseph Braude 15 December , 2017
The Italian Mafia and ISIS: An Unlikely Alliance
Politics

The Italian Mafia and ISIS: An Unlikely Alliance

TRIPOLI-SICILY: Abdelsattar Heitita and Guiseppe Pipitone This is a dark story. Dark like the cloaks of the Libyan militia who have sworn…

Majalla 15 December , 2017
The Kremlin's Latest Crackdown on Independent Media
Politics

The Kremlin's Latest Crackdown on Independent Media

by Alina Polyakova On November 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law legislation allowing the Russian government to designate media…

Majalla 08 December , 2017
Is Turkey Turning Into a Mafia State?
Politics

Is Turkey Turning Into a Mafia State?

[caption id="attachment_55255002" align="aligncenter" width="3500"] Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) arrives to attend a ceremony marking…

Majalla 08 December , 2017
Artificial Intelligence and Chinese Power
Science & Technology

Artificial Intelligence and Chinese Power

[caption id="attachment_55254998" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Security guard walk past the Chinese national flag at the Military Museum of…

Majalla 07 December , 2017
The New Language of European Populism
Politics

The New Language of European Populism

[caption id="attachment_55254993" align="aligncenter" width="4563"] Austrian citizens and asylum seekers march past a poster for Norbert Hofer’s his…

Majalla 07 December , 2017
New Study by Tony Blair Institute: The Muslim Brotherhood has more in common with ISIS and Al-Qaeda than mainstream Islam
Politics

New Study by Tony Blair Institute: The Muslim Brotherhood has more in common with ISIS and Al-Qaeda than mainstream Islam

[caption id="attachment_55254990" align="aligncenter" width="3500"] Supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and members of the Muslim…

Majalla 07 December , 2017
Juan José Daboub: The UN and International Organizations Are Not Free
Business & Economy

Juan José Daboub: The UN and International Organizations Are Not Free

[caption id="attachment_55254967" align="aligncenter" width="783"] Dr. Juan Jose Daboub[/caption] by Nadia Turki In an interview with Majalla, the…

Majalla 01 December , 2017
Even Smarter Sanctions
Business & Economy

Even Smarter Sanctions

[caption id="attachment_55254957" align="aligncenter" width="4340"] U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is seen voting in favor of new sanctions…

Majalla 01 December , 2017
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Business & Economy

The tiny waterway that put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
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Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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