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Oil prices soar as US-Iran war sparks supply worries

European gas prices have jumped by 30% after some big GCC oil and gas producers cut supplies, and now a vital maritime trade route is being threatened. The stakes have seldom been higher.

Thuraya Shahin 04 March 2026
Al Majalla

The six noble gases countries are fighting over

Odourless, colourless gases such as helium, neon, radon, argon, krypton, and xenon power key industries. They are rare, difficult to extract, and hugely valuable, yet largely under the radar.

Abdulfattah Khattab 07 December 2025
Syria's interim Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (C) at a Brussels summit aimed at supporting Syria's transition on March 17, 2025. NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP

An EEZ with Türkiye puts Syria's economic recovery at risk

Damascus must weigh the risks and benefits of an exclusive economic zone with Ankara against the broader implications for its international standing and reconstruction efforts

Neil Quilliam 01 April 2025
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Oil and gas remain the cornerstone of global energy

Global energy demand in this year’s WOO is set to expand by 24% in the period to 2050, driven by significant expansion in the non-OECD region. The outlook sees the need for an expansion in all energy…

Al Majalla - London 07 January 2025
A US Apache attack helicopter patrols above an oil production facility near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria's north-eastern
Hasakah province on October 27, 2020. Delil Souleiman/AFP

Syria’s oil industry was once booming. Could it be again?

War sent oil firms running while the loss of territorial control in the oil- and gas-rich north-east left the Kurds with the hydrocarbons and Damascus reliant on Iran. Will the good times roll again?

Manaf Saad 17 August 2024
A series of red lines were drawn at a meeting of gas producing countries in Algiers. Al Majalla looks at what they are, where they came from, and what they may mean for energy markets. Ewan White

Top global gas producers set four red lines

A series of red lines were drawn at a meeting of gas-producing countries in Algiers. Al Majalla looks at what they are, where they came from, and what they may mean for energy markets.

Rabia Khreis 18 March 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Not just a ‘pipe’ dream, Morocco-Nigeria gas line set to transform Africa

The 5,600 km project will serve 17 countries and could help Europe move on from its dependence on Russian gas after the invasion of Ukraine

Mohamed Sharki 24 March 2023
The gas compressor station, a part of Polish section of the Yamal pipeline that links Russia with western Europe which is owned by a joint venture of Gazprom and PGNiG but it is operated by Poland's state-owned gas transmission company Gaz-System, is seen in Gabinek near Wloclawek, Poland May 23, 2022.REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

EU Countries Agree Gas Price Cap To Contain Energy Crisis

European Union energy ministers agreed on a gas price cap, after weeks of talks on the emergency measure that has split opinion across the bloc as it seeks to tame the energy crisis. The cap is…

19 December 2022
The city of London's financial district can be seen in the distance as a person walks near a row of residential housing in south London, Britain, August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

Britain Launches Scheme To Pay Homes to Curb Electricity Use

Britain's National Grid on Friday launched a scheme to pay homeowners and businesses to curb their electricity use when demand is high to help prevent blackouts over the winter. National Grid last…

04 November 2022
FILE -- Cars and trucks drive on a highway in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Officials said Monday that Germany is postponing politically sensitive decisions on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector until 2023, amid strong opposition from one governing party to the idea of a universal speed limit. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)

Germany Puts Off Transport Emissions Decision Until 2023

Germany is postponing politically sensitive decisions on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector until 2023 amid strong opposition from one governing party to the idea of a…

AP 01 November 2022
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18 April 2026

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

Steve Hewitt
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Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

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.

Robert Ford
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Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

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.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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