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President Trump’s Syria Conundrum
Politics

President Trump’s Syria Conundrum

[caption id="attachment_55254291" align="aligncenter" width="900"] US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during…

Majalla 11 August , 2017
Siemens’ Crimea Scandal

Siemens’ Crimea Scandal

[caption id="attachment_55254232" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A man looks at electricity supply meters at a house in Simferopol on November 22,…

Maia Otarashvili 04 August , 2017
Mission Accomplished: Hezbollah’s Road to Regaining Legitimacy

Mission Accomplished: Hezbollah’s Road to Regaining Legitimacy

[caption id="attachment_55254213" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Fighters from the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement raise up and salute a banner…

Hanin Ghaddar 04 August , 2017
The Problem With Syria's Demographics
Politics

The Problem With Syria's Demographics

[caption id="attachment_55254218" align="aligncenter" width="900"] DAMASCUS, SYRIA - JANUARY 31: In this handout provided by the United Nation…

Majalla 04 August , 2017
Why Extremism Is on the Rise in Bangladesh
Politics

Why Extremism Is on the Rise in Bangladesh

[caption id="attachment_55254221" align="aligncenter" width="900"] DHAKA, BANGLADESH - MARCH 22: Men study at the Jamia Rahmania Arabia madrassa,…

Majalla 04 August , 2017
Hunger Games
Business & Economy

Hunger Games

[caption id="attachment_55254224" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A malnourished boy sits in the sand outside a hut on April 14, 2000 in a camp for…

Majalla 04 August , 2017
Tony Blair: Public Opinion on Brexit is Changing
Politics

Tony Blair: Public Opinion on Brexit is Changing

[caption id="attachment_55254156" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Tony Blair, former prime minister of the United Kingdom and envoy on the Middle…

Mustafa El Dessouki 28 July , 2017
Austerity Britain
Politics

Austerity Britain

[caption id="attachment_55254161" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May takes a sip of tea as she chats with youth…

Majalla 28 July , 2017
Washington's Dead End in Syria
Politics

Washington's Dead End in Syria

[caption id="attachment_55254175" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A 26-year old ex-military member from the US, nick-named by Kurdish fighters as…

Majalla 28 July , 2017
Filling the Vacuum in Libya
Politics

Filling the Vacuum in Libya

[caption id="attachment_55254171" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Members of the self-styled Libyan National Army, loyal to the country's east…

Majalla 28 July , 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
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
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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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