Signed on 24 July 1923, the treaty had profound consequences for the Middle East and beyond. On its centennial, an understanding of it rests on an appreciation of the complex factors that led to it.
The president of the Shura Council during Ottoman rule was assassinated and purposely left out of Syrian history. The burning down of his family mansion this week was the final nail in his coffin.
Both Gouraud and Goybet belonged to the same French colonial school that took great pride in the occupation of Damascus and consequent dismemberment. Al Majalla sets the record straight.
Al Majalla exclusively reveals the various stages of the initiatives which include the dismantling of the Al-Tanf base, the withdrawal of foreign forces, reconstruction, and the lifting of sanctions
The 110th anniversary of the first Arab Congress in Paris sheds light on a tumultuous era in Arab history as its people battled for reform under the Ottoman Empire. However, it had a tragic ending.
Battle-bred and furious with their defeat in the Palestine War of 1948, the Free Officers blamed King Farouk for their ills and came to power, on this day 70 years ago, with vengeance in their eyes
Al Majalla reveals the last communications between Khaddam and Hafez al-Assad before he passed away and also the unheeded advice he gave to Bashar al-Assad after becoming Syrian president.
Days before the war with Israel, Abdel Nasser's generals said they were ready. But, in fact, they were far from ready, and the Egyptian Air Force was annihilated.
Israel knows its military operation cannot last forever, so it is racing to either kill or fatally wound the Islamic Republic before the clock runs out
European gas prices have jumped by 30% after some big GCC oil and gas producers cut supplies, and now a vital maritime trade route is being threatened. The stakes have seldom been higher.