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Reuters / Al Majalla

What war with Iran would look like

Decapitation strikes against the country are likely. An invasion is not.

Arash Reisinezhad and Arsham Reisinezhad 14 February 2026
Al Majalla

Unpacking Netanyahu’s rush to Washington

His meeting with Trump on 11 February, moved up a full week from its original date and just after talks began between Iran and the US, isn't a routine consultation between allies—it's an intervention

Michael Horowitz 11 February 2026
AFP/Reuters/Al Majalla

Bigger than Maduro: Trump’s real designs on Latin America

Christophe Ventura, a French expert on Latin America, speaks to Al Majalla about Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, and China's role in a continent that the US president considers his backyard.

Elie Kossaifi 11 February 2026
Reuters/Al Majalla

What Trump’s 2026 Mideast approach could look like

Knowing how the US president operates and what he did last year could offer clues about what he might do this year

Brian Katulis 10 February 2026

Trump Greenland

Fares Garabet 09 February 2026
Nash

Is Trump’s unorthodox foreign policy approach paying off?

From Gaza to Ukraine, a coterie close to the president are wheeling and dealing their way through diplomacy's traditional terrain, scoring some wins but creating great confusion

Robert Ford 09 February 2026
AFP-Reuters

The new US defence strategy leaves allies in the lurch

A sweeping shift in Washington's geographic and doctrinal compass brings the focus closer to home, leaving partners out on the periphery

Tarek Rashed 06 February 2026
Incoming US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting in New Delhi, on 25 February 2020. AFP

What we know about the India-US trade deal

Trump announced the deal in a social media post on Monday

Rishi Iyengar 03 February 2026
Al Majalla

Trump's only Iran option

Ahead of US-Iran talks on Friday, Al Majalla lays out what's on the negotiating table and what issues Tehran is likely—and unlikely—to be flexible on

Bilal Saab 03 February 2026
Eduardo Ramon

How the US got the SDF to capitulate to Damascus

Al Majalla publishes a full account of what transpired during negotiations, the draft integration framework, and proposed constitutional amendments

Ibrahim Hamidi 03 February 2026
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As the US and Iran spar over Hormuz deal, the world waits with bated breath

12 August 2026

Any agreement that restores traffic through the strait will bring immediate relief, but repairing the damage wrought by war—and restoring confidence—will take far longer

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Al Majalla
Politics

Is multipolarity helping or hindering Iran?

12 August 2026

A bit of both. It enabled its rise as a regional power, then helped weaken it, and may now help prevent its complete defeat.

Christopher Phillips
Opinion

Mecca diplomacy and the New Middle East

12 August 2026

Riyadh has made clear its vision for the future of a "new Middle East"—and it is one based on mutual respect, unity, peace and prosperity

Zaid bin Ali al-Fadhil
Al Majalla
Science & Technology

How AI is rewriting the rules of war and peace

10 August 2026

As states race to embed algorithms in systems of reconnaissance, targeting, air defence, and military decision-making, a new layer of risk is taking shape

Mohammed Mansour
Nesma Moharam
Culture & Social Affairs

The art of Taqāsīm: dividing time and charging silence

11 August 2026

Al Majalla traces the evolution of the solo improvisation musical form indigenous to the Middle East region

Fadi El-Abdallah

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Trump and Mojtaba: the Hormuz negotiations

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Washington's war, Tehran's waiting game

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