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How ISIS Is Transforming
Politics

How ISIS Is Transforming

[caption id="attachment_55254594" align="aligncenter" width="4116"] A member of the Syrian pro-government forces carries an ISIS flag as he stands on…

Majalla 29 September , 2017
Merkel's Next Steps
Politics

Merkel's Next Steps

[caption id="attachment_55254596" align="aligncenter" width="5472"] German Chancellor and Chrstian Democrat (CDU) Angela Merkel signs autographs for…

Majalla 29 September , 2017
New and Noteworthy Middle East Coverage in Russia
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New and Noteworthy Middle East Coverage in Russia

by Lyubov Podgornaya Rossiyskaya Gazeta –Government Daily Newspaper Rogachev: Approximately 10 thousand foreign fighters in Syria come from The…

Majalla 29 September , 2017
Singapore's Presidential Elections

Singapore's Presidential Elections

[caption id="attachment_55254555" align="aligncenter" width="3838"] President-elect Halimah Yacob (C) takes the oath of office while flanked by…

Majalla 24 September , 2017
Tunisian Foreign Minister: President Essebsi Restored the Country's Foreign Policy and its Credibility
Politics

Tunisian Foreign Minister: President Essebsi Restored the Country's Foreign Policy and its Credibility

[caption id="attachment_55254535" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] Tunisian Foreign Minister Khamis Al-Jahnawi [/caption] Tunisia has lived…

Majalla 22 September , 2017
The German Election and Donald Trump

The German Election and Donald Trump

[caption id="attachment_55254538" align="aligncenter" width="3144"] German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump arrive for the…

Majalla 22 September , 2017
An Era of Authoritarian Influence?

An Era of Authoritarian Influence?

[caption id="attachment_55254541" align="aligncenter" width="3500"] Demonstrators, including one bearing a portrait of Russian President Vladimir…

Yasmine Ahmed 22 September , 2017
Why Iraqi Security Forces Are Promoting the Arts

Why Iraqi Security Forces Are Promoting the Arts

[caption id="attachment_55254544" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Karim Wasfi, former director for the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, plays on…

Majalla 22 September , 2017
Hack Job

Hack Job

[caption id="attachment_55254549" align="aligncenter" width="3500"] Radomes of the digital communications listening station of the…

Majalla 22 September , 2017
NATO Says Russian “Robotrolling" is Becoming More Sophisticated, but the West is Not Giving Up

NATO Says Russian “Robotrolling" is Becoming More Sophisticated, but the West is Not Giving Up

[caption id="attachment_55254501" align="aligncenter" width="4957"] A picture taken on October 17, 2016 shows an employee walking behind a glass wall…

Majalla 15 September , 2017
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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