The Taliban takes all girls out of school at the age of 12 while Iraq is planning a legal amendment that rights groups say would legalise child marriage. All in countries 'liberated from colonialism'

In any other place, this would have been the most appalling and barbaric atrocity. In Gaza? The victims simply get added to a list of 40,000 whose deaths are understood less with every passing day

The politics of separate wars overlap after provocations from the Israelis and the Ukrainians look likely to spark an intensified military reply

While Damascus jumps through hoops for its Arab peers, it is seizing money and property from those who once opposed the regime, even if they have since been through a 'reconciliation' process

Sectarianism has served Iran and its proxies well over the years. Suddenly dropping the animosity for the bigger goal of supporting the Palestinians is easier said than done

In Syria, they wait for an inclusive government. In Palestine, they wait for a state of their own. In Lebanon, they wait for war. As time ticks by, the sense of suffering, apathy, and silence sets in

If Iranian airspace is defended by advanced Russian technology, Israel will be less able to pierce it at will. Will Vladimir Putin go through with it, or prioritise his relations with Tel Aviv?

In 2020, the port in Beirut was obliterated by one of the biggest ever non-nuclear blasts. In these personal reflections, Al Majalla's Khaled Kassar recalls how it was a turning point for the country

The August edition of Al Majalla takes the US elections in November as its cover story, assessing all the angles and implications, whilst rounding up some of the other big stories from elsewhere

As the country braces itself for a military response from Israel to what was seen as a Hezbollah attack that killed children in Majdal Shams, its fault lines look even more stark.

The killing in Tehran of a top Hamas leader and the killing in Beirut of a top Hezbollah commander has given Iran and its most potent proxy a headache

For many in the Arab world, the disaster of Gaza and the catastrophe of Afghanistan will shape their memories of President Biden. For Americans, he could yet be the man who opened the door to Trump II