Russia has made itself the arbiter of events in Syria. Its military intervention and use of intensive bombing allowed it to change the balance of…
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This article was originally published in Majalla in August, 2016. Over the summer, Majalla has been in contact with a figure we will refer to…
21 September
Kosovar woman Sheqerie Buqaj stands on September 5, 2018 after receiving a traditional face painting by Kosovar Bosnian woman Aziza Sefitagic, while presenting the traditional wedding of Bosnian women from Zhupa region, during the 'Etno Fest' festival in the village of Kukaj. (Getty)
A veterinarian tends to a rescued baby black gibbon (symphalangus syndactylus) at a local nature conservation agency's office in Banda Aceh, Aceh province on September 13, 2018.(Getty)
Buddhist monk watches the Vostok-2018 (East-2018) military drills at Tsugol training ground not far from the borders with China and Mongolia in Siberia, on September 13, 2018. (Getty)
People stand on booths at a polling station during the Swedish general elections in Stockholm on September 9, 2018. (Getty)
A boat carrying migrants is stranded in the Strait of Gibraltar before being rescued by the Spanish Guardia Civil and the Salvamento Maritimo sea search and rescue agency that saw 157 migrants rescued on September 8, 2018. (Getty)
People fly kites on a beach while others sunbathe during the 20th edition of the International Dieppe Kite Festival on September 9, 2018 in Dieppe, northwestern France. (Getty)
Alistair Burt was appointed Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Minister of State at the…
ForCuba, 2018 marks the end of an era. For the first time in almost six decades, the country’s president is no longer a Castro—neither the late…
Post-Truth GermanyAnd if it never happened? Then, of course, nobody is to blame. There is no responsibility, and there are no consequences. The end…
Last month, the Pentagon outlined plans for Space Force, U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed sixth branch of the U.S. armed services, charged with…
Facing backlash over the decision to drastically limit the number of refugees who will be permitted to settle in the United States, State Department…
Using funerals for political purposes has a long, but not distinguished, tradition. In 44 B.C. eulogist Mark Antony claimed to Roman mourners that he…
Three years after the apex of the European refugee crisis, the European Union’s immigration and refugee policy is still in utter disarray. In July,…
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Netanyahu, Trump at risk ahead of crucial polls
