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Why escaping Iran's grip is harder for Iraq Nesma Moharam
Politics

Why escaping Iran's grip is harder for Iraq

On 10 July, after the dust had settled on the 12-Day War between Israel and the United States and Iran, Michael Knights, one of the best analysts of…

Robert Ford 04 August , 2025
Iran's weakened hand in Iraq shows US pressure is working Sara Padovan
Politics

Iran's weakened hand in Iraq shows US pressure is working

During the brutal 12-Day War between Israel (backed by the United States) and Iran in June, Iran-backed proxies in the region may have been expected…

Al Majalla - London 04 August , 2025
Opinion

Can Iraq escape Iran’s shadow?

The conflict that erupted in the region over the past two years—between Israel on one side and Iran and its proxies on the other—has been telling…

Ibrahim Hamidi 04 August , 2025
Opinion

When Syrians start yearning for the days of Assad, you know you're in trouble

At first glance, it may appear that the current sectarian tensions in Syria are a recent development. In truth, these tensions have deep roots. In…

Alia Mansour 05 August , 2025
Trump's tariffs lack bite
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Trump's tariffs lack bite

Fares Garabet 03 August , 2025
Tom Fletcher: the senior UN man calling out Israeli 'cynicism' Marian Moratinos
Profiles

Tom Fletcher: the senior UN man calling out Israeli 'cynicism'

Since his appointment in October 2024 as the United Nations’ new Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs, former British diplomat Tom Fletcher has been…

Con Coughlin 03 August , 2025
A child looks outside from a train window as Sudanese families displaced by conflict return home voluntarily from Egypt to Sudan, on a special train, Cairo July 21, 2025. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
Politics

Going where? Sudan's illusory new 'Government of Peace'

On 26 July, Sudan’s ‘Ta’asis’ alliance, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), announced the formation of a…

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 03 August , 2025
Lebanese composer, pianist, playwright, and political commentator Ziad Rahbani Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Ziad Rahbani: the heir to a legacy who dreamt of home

“Isn’t there, in every passing second of life, someone laughing? Then on this earth, laughter is unceasing.” So wrote Ziad Rahbani, son of the iconic…

Samer Abou Hawwach 02 August , 2025
the city of Sweida, following renewed fighting between Bedouin fighters and Druze gunmen, despite an announced truce, in Syria July 18, 2025. Reuters
Politics

Illicit economies play big role in Syria’s post-Assad flashpoints

Long a crossroads for trade and migration, southern Syria is a hub for the smuggling of illicit goods—from weapons and fuel to food and antiquities…

Caroline Rose 02 August , 2025
Opinion

Two politicians of Palestinian origin cause a stir in Sweden

European countries offer immigrants—including Arabs—a rare opportunity to engage in democratic processes and exert influence on political decision…

Hind Aleryani 02 August , 2025
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Eduardo Ramon
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

Fadi El-Abdallah

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