A year ago the U.S. Democratic President Joe Biden was elected to succeed the Republican President Donald Trump, but until this moment his policy on Syria, if any, has not been announced. We have…
On November 7, 2021, Iraq woke up to news that the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, had survived an assassination attempt carried out by 3 explosive drones that targeted his residence in the…
Time and experience have proven that Egypt is, by far, the most important strategic partner for the United States in the most complicated and misunderstood region of the Middle East. Although it took…
since the outbreak of the Syrian war nearly a decade ago, which followed the outbreak of popular protests against President Bashar al-Assad in various regions of the country in mid-March of 2011,…
The New York Times wrote about “the first Muslim woman elected to the [New York City] Council in its history, despite the fact that the city is home to an estimated 769,000 Muslims.” The Detroit News…
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army, has officially suspended his military duties in preparation for a likely candidacy in the presidential elections scheduled in…
He is the de facto ruler of Sudan since the ouster of Omar al-Bashir due to a popular uprising in 2019.
Al-Buran assumed the rule of the country in April 2019, when he became Chairman of the…
The Muslim Brotherhood is, currently, struggling through one of the most shaking existential crises in its history. The fight between the elders over the ailing body of the group, which has not…
Head of Sudan’s Sovereign Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan presented in a televised speech on Tuesday a general framework of the country’s orientation during a new transitional phase.
This…
October 17, 1961 marks the anniversary of one of the worst events in the history of France and Algeria. On this day, France committed a massacre against Algerian demonstrators, who went out in…
Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players
The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.
Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.