This week's cover story details how militia influence undermines state institutions, deepens sectarian divisions and creates security vacuums that IS could exploit
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Moussa’s fame—he has been sung about by Egyptian pop singer Shaaban Abdel Rahim—places him at the…
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Ibrahim Dogus came to London from Turkish Kurdistan at age 14 as a political refugee. Since then, through tireless determination he has opened three restaurants and founded the think tank, the Centre…
[escenic_image id="55225919"]It takes just a few days of reading the local press to see why many ordinary Saudis are frustrated with their court system—and sometimes fearful of it. Take these recent…
[escenic_image id="55220965"]What do a clandestine fiber-optic communications network in Beirut, Najaf’s Shamsah Travel and Tourism Agency, and a railway line in western Afghanistan all share?…
[escenic_image id="55220819"]October saw Al-Qaeda once again prove its determination to undermine western security: the “parcel” bomb dispatched by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)—the group…
[escenic_image id="55220808"]Bruce Riedel is a former CIA officer and currently a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Saban Center for Middle East Policy. Riedel was a senior adviser to…
[escenic_image id="55219747"]Stephen Walt, world renowned professor of international affairs at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, met with The Majalla to discuss one of the key security…
[escenic_image id="55215286"]Up in Turgali, a smuggler's village on the Turkish-Iranian border, Cüneyt Boz dotes on his packhorse. "Minefields, pasdaran, she's afraid of nothing," he says, stroking…
[escenic_image id="55214568"]Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in September urged investors to triple bilateral trade by 2015 with Iran to $30 billion annually through bilateral business…
In this week's cover story, Al Majalla examines the military balance of power on the ground, the networks through which the Houthis obtain weapons, and the foreign support they receive
Education reform is at the heart of the demonstrations shaking Paris and beyond, with thousands already arrested, but the government's ability to meet learners' demands is limited
As YouTube star Accurso's influence grew, she transitioned from educator to child advocate. But it only became 'controversial' when she spoke up for Palestinian kids