In light of forthcoming Syria-Israel peace talks expected to resume soon after they were suspended in 2008, Al Majalla takes a look at the history of negotiations between the two sides
Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff drafted a document outlining the main points for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza. Al Majalla publishes it in full, alongside the response it got from Hamas.
Syrian Jews who left the country over the years visited recently following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime. For the first time in decades, they prayed at the historic Al-Franj Synagogue.
An investigative report by Al Majalla details the manner and extent to which the former Syrian regime used legislation to seized citizens' property across the country
Al Majalla reveals the covert talks over several years between the representatives of a reluctant Syrian president and successive White House administrations hoping find a missing American.
On 18 May 1965, Eliyahu Cohen, an Egyptian Jew born in Alexandria, was hanged for espionage in Damascus after posing as a Muslim Arab merchant from Argentina
Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, will meet Donald Trump in Riyadh today, making him the first Syrian leader to meet with a US president since Clinton's meeting with Hafez al-Assad in 2000
A conversation between a jaded Abdel Nasser and a starry-eyed Gaddafi has gone viral because of its striking relevance to the debates of today. The leaders have changed, but the perspective remains.
In the second volume of his memoirs, the former Syrian vice president describes the reign of Bashar al-Assad from his first years in power up until the outbreak of the Syrian revolution
Once a united land mass, Lebanon and Syria have struggled to mark their borders since the end of the French mandate in 1946. Now there is a new push to draw a line once and for all.
The strait carries up to 20% of the world's oil exports at around 20 million barrels of oil each day. Any closure could cost the global economy greatly, even if only for a short time.
De-escalation is in the overwhelming interest of most countries in the region and the world, and we could see many extend a hand to help bring the conflict to an end
Trump and Netanyahu disagree on whether to use military force to stop Iran's nuclear programme, and Israel's punishing attack on Iran places the region on a worrisome trajectory