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The risks behind the Damascus–Sweida prisoner swap

The prisoner swap carried out on 26 February between the Syrian government and armed factions in Sweida was presented as a humanitarian breakthrough…

Haid Haid 28 March , 2026
President of the European Council Charles Michel at the EU headquarters in Brussels on 28 June 2024. JOHN THYS / AFP
Politics

Former European Council president gets candid on US-Iran war

The US-Israeli war on Iran has exposed faultlines beyond the battlefield. It has laid bare the fragility of the transatlantic alliance and the…

Ahmed Maher 28 March , 2026
Foreign workers in the Gulf pay the price of war Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Foreign workers in the Gulf pay the price of war

To empty the Gulf states of their expatriate populations would be to change them fundamentally and detrimentally. For a century, since the dawn of…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 28 March , 2026
Sipan Hamo on integrating Kurdish units into the Syrian army Al Majalla
Politics

Sipan Hamo on integrating Kurdish units into the Syrian army

In Part 1, the Kurdish-Syrian leader Sipan Hamo spoke of his upbringing, politicisation, and participation in armed struggle, which led him to found…

Ibrahim Hamidi 28 March , 2026
Opinion

The US-Iran war puts Europe in Catch-22

Escalating tensions between the US and Europe over the reservations many European leaders have about the Iran war could nevertheless lead to…

Con Coughlin 27 March , 2026
US-Iran war tests the resilience of Egypt's economy Al Majalla
Business & Economy

US-Iran war tests the resilience of Egypt's economy

When Egypt raised domestic fuel prices by up to 17% in early March, officials blamed it on global energy markets that were destabilised by the war…

Alice Gower 27 March , 2026
Iraqi-American musician and researcher Mark Gergis, who co-founded Syrian Cassette Archives, began collecting cassette tapes during visits to Syria in the 1990s. Syrian Cassette Archive
Culture & Social Affairs

How cassette tapes preserved Syria's unofficial soundtrack

In 1979, during a meeting between a delegation from the Arab Writers Union and members of the National Progressive Front, the late Syrian poet…

Khalil Sweileh 27 March , 2026
Syria's deputy defence minister on founding the YPG Al Majalla
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Syria's deputy defence minister on founding the YPG

Syrian Kurdish leader Sipan Hamo was this month appointed the country’s Deputy Minister of Defence for the Eastern Region, marking the latest chapter…

Ibrahim Hamidi 27 March , 2026
The end of Hezbollah? Aliaa Abou Khaddour
Politics

The end of Hezbollah?

Since the October 7 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, the balance of power in the Middle East has changed profoundly. Iran’s regional ‘Axis of Resistance…

Al Majalla - London 26 March , 2026
Hezbollah's fate likely linked to US-Iran war outcome Aliaa Abou Khaddour
Politics

Hezbollah's fate likely linked to US-Iran war outcome

Two days into the US-Israeli war on Iran, Tehran adopted a strategy of widening the geographical scope of its retaliation to maximise its chances of…

Lina Khatib 26 March , 2026
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Syria takes on Iran’s proxies

12, Nov 2026

Our cover story this week explores the opportunities and risks accompanying Syria's shift from being a corridor of Iranian influence to a state intent on containing it

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Jensen Huang is out. His successor has the toughest job in tech

13, Nov 2026

A company built around one man must now learn to run without him

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Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Why the midterms complicate Trump's search for an Iran deal

14, Nov 2026

Democratic control of Congress will increase scrutiny of the war and its economic costs, but could also make the concessions needed for a lasting agreement with Tehran more difficult to deliver

Neil Quilliam and Alice Gower
Ibrahim Arafath
Science & Technology

AI in medicine: can a selfie tell how long we might live?

15, Nov 2026

Artificial intelligence can analyse facial features for clues to biological ageing and cancer survival, but further validation is needed before clinical use

Alaa Emara
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The Democrats’ old guard faces a progressive revolt 

15, Nov 2026

Following an historic landslide, a new progressive wave is calling for establishment figures to step aside and make way for new blood who better represent the future direction of the party

Tarek Rashed

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