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American President Richard Nixon made an official visit to Damascus on June 15, 1974, and was welcomed by Syrian President Hafez al-Assad. Getty

From Nixon to Clinton: Syrian-American summits since 1945

Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, will meet Donald Trump in Riyadh today, making him the first Syrian leader to meet with a US president since Clinton's meeting with Hafez al-Assad in 2000

Sami Moubayed 14 May 2025
US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer attend a news conference after trade talks with China in Geneva, Switzerland, 12 May 2025. REUTERS/Olivia Le Poidevin

America has given China a strangely good tariff deal

If only US officials had hit upon the ingenious idea of meeting their Chinese counterparts in person before Liberation Day, much global economic turmoil could have been avoided

The Economist 13 May 2025
Al Majalla

Trump's 'big' agenda in Saudi Arabia

A high-powered delegation will accompany him on his first official foreign trip of his second term as US president, reflecting a diverse agenda, spanning trade, defence and geopolitics

Maher Chmaytelli 11 May 2025
Sara Padovan

A new economic order is emerging, and tariffs play no part in it

China has been quietly working to rewrite the rules of global trade and finds itself in a strong position in the current trade war launched by Washington. A look around the world shows why.

Shirley Ze Yu 07 May 2025
Diana Estefanía Rubio

US industrial growth outpaced by China

Industrial production witnessed a significant decline in all countries at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The recovery paths, however, varied remarkably. Production has soared in China, but it…

Al Majalla - London 06 May 2025
Brian Stauffer

Trump and Iran: deal or strike?

Al Majalla outlines the possible ramifications of either outcome for Iran and the broader region

Al Majalla - London 05 May 2025
Brian Stauffer

What if the US-Iran talks fail?

Trump's approach to Iran is high risk, high reward

Arash Azizi 05 May 2025
Lina Jaradat

Trump's Iran strategy is irking Israel

What concerns the Israelis is not a possible return to JCPOA-era caps, but how quickly the Trump administration is willing to make concessions

Michael Horowitz 05 May 2025
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko sign a deal that gives the United States preferential access to Ukraine's mineral resources. US Department of the Treasury/Reuters

Will a minerals deal keep the US invested in Ukraine's security?

Now that a rare earths deal has finally been clinched between Kyiv and Washington, Russia may find that the US is less inclined to give in to its demands to end the war in Ukraine

Con Coughlin 01 May 2025
Nash Weerasekera

How Trump upended global trade in only 100 days

Populism, sweeping tariffs and the wider demise of trade rules are only the start. As the unpredictable president's second term continues, the US threatens globalisation while China champions it.

Khaled Kassar 01 May 2025
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Politics

Syria's new post-sanctions test

22 December 2025

Damascus finally gets breathing room after the US repealed its draconian Caesar sanctions, but it can't exhale just yet. Al Majalla explains why.

Haid Haid
Opinion

Israeli gas and the crafting of a 'new Middle East'

22 December 2025

The US is poised to use Israeli gas as a lever to keep Iran on the backfoot following its regional setback, and it could even use it to undercut Russia's economy

Ibrahim Hamidi
Women and children at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to el-Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan, in January 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Zakaria
Politics

After el-Fasher: the trajectory of war in Sudan

16 November 2025

Washington seems to have changed its tone after the RSF committed atrocities in October, putting increasing pressure on the foreign backers of a paramilitary that now controls Darfur. What next?

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb
Despite a new president, a new prime minister, a new government, and a new central bank governor, what has actually changed after Lebanon's economic collapse? Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

A state in crisis: Lebanon’s struggle to restore financial stability 

20 December 2025

Following the appointment of a new president, Lebanon has struggled to come to terms with the deep-rooted challenges of its financial collapse

Toufic Chanbour
Culture & Social Affairs

This year in film: landmark moments across platforms

22 December 2025

Al Majalla looks back at a memorable and haunting year in film, with Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab one of 2025's most powerful works

Wael Said

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