The central city is a strategic prize but increasingly encircled by the RSF paramilitary force. Home to almost a million people, a third of whom are already displaced, it could also be a bloodbath

Settlement expansion in the West Bank is popular with Israeli voters, which explains the uptick in violence in recent weeks

Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has vowed to dissolve armed groups by the end of September, but this is highly unlikely. Al Majalla explains why.

An Israeli diplomat recently told Lebanese Shiites that Israel did not see them as the enemy, but it is a difficult argument to make given the death and destruction. Is there a better way?

Moscow is supportive of the Palestinian cause, but a key Kremlin figure's removal in July 2025 put the relationship back. A year later, when contact resumed, it was too late to effect change

Washington - or a turn elsewhere?

The deal's two biggest sticking points are proliferation concerns and a precondition to normalise relations with Israel. The first can be overcome and the second may be less of a factor from October

Nuclear expert Robert Einhorn tells Al Majalla that the US President approved the agreement a week before it was formally signed, then added a condition after signature, leaving diplomats stumped

Benjamin Netanyahu has kept conspicuously quiet about a US-Saudi nuclear partnership that could allow enrichment in the Gulf. How he handles it could impact Israel's upcoming election

To stop attacks against international shipping and the closure of maritime chokepoints, a more joined-up approach is needed. Helpfully, the world already has a working model