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US President Donald Trump (C), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan display the agreement they signed in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 8, 2025. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP
Politics

A new Trump-sponsored link in the South Caucasus causes a stir

At the White House on Friday, 8 August, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia signed a long-awaited…

Omer Onhon 11 August , 2025
Crunch time: this UN General Assembly will be a big one for Palestine Eiko Ojala
Politics

Crunch time: this UN General Assembly will be a big one for Palestine

The UN conference on a two-state solution at the end of July was a further important step in enhancing the prospects of establishing a Palestinian…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 11 August , 2025
Four novels that chronicle the transformation of Arab societies
Culture & Social Affairs

Four novels that chronicle the transformation of Arab societies

In recent years, sprawling, multi-generational epics have made a comeback in Arabic literature. Instead of telling a single story, these ambitious…

Ibrahim Adel 11 August , 2025
Opinion

Sweida needs full restoration of goods, not drip-feeds of aid

The fall of the Assad regime raised hopes that the era of wartime shortages was finally over. But in Sweida, that hope is quickly fading. While…

Haid Haid 11 August , 2025
Zelenskyy shut out of Trump-Putin meet
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Zelenskyy shut out of Trump-Putin meet

Fares Garabet 11 August , 2025
Opinion

The end of the PKK-Türkiye conflict comes with opportunity

In the first week of April, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with a delegation from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party …

Badia Fahs 10 August , 2025
Panel discussion with Sudanese-British billionaire Mo Ibrahim—patron and organiser of the annual Ibrahim Governance Weekend X via@BBSimons
Business & Economy

Africa’s modern economy: neo-colonialism disguised as development

In June, Sudanese-British billionaire Mo Ibrahim—patron and organiser of the annual Ibrahim Governance Weekend which was held this year in Marrakesh,…

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 10 August , 2025
Tom Barrack: the businessman with a huge Middle East remit Laura Salafia
Profiles

Tom Barrack: the businessman with a huge Middle East remit

Exactly 40 years ago, real estate investor Donald Trump bought a 20% stake in Alexander’s department stores from real estate investor Tom Barrack…

Omer Onhon 10 August , 2025
Could China gatecrash the US-Gulf AI wedding? Jason Lyon
Science & Technology

Could China gatecrash the US-Gulf AI wedding?

US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Gulf in May and the vast, trillion-dollar deals agreed there marked a defining moment in the global AI …

Shirley Ze Yu 09 August , 2025
Opinion

Hezbollah's arms and the rejection of the Lebanese state

The increasingly pressing question of Hezbollah’s armed status is now formally on the agenda of Lebanon’s Council of Ministers, after US and Israeli…

Houssam Itani 09 August , 2025
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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

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