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It's already too late for a Gaza ceasefire

Fares Garabet 11 November 2024
Heads of state stand for a group photo at the Arab-Islamic summit held in Riyadh on November 11, 2024. SPA

Arab-Islamic Summit: An opportunity to advance the two-state solution

Netanyahu is pushing for a 'New Middle East' that erases Palestine from the map. With Trump in the White House, all bets are off. We must act now before it's too late.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 11 November 2024
Grace Russell

The promise and danger of AI in the military

Militaries around the world will face competitive pressures to increase their reliance on AI, but to avoid catastrophe, its use must be guided by laws, rules, and norms

Bilal Saab 09 November 2024
Ottoman artillery at Hareira in 1917 to defend against the British advance into southern Palestine. Shutterstock

This day in history: Ottoman-ruled Gaza falls to the British

Gaza has long been a theatre of military confrontation, witnessing four major battles before Israel finally occupied it in the 1967 war

Sami Moubayed 07 November 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on August 28, 2017. Heidi Levine / AFP

Al Majalla obtains Guterres letter to Netanyahu on UNWRA ban

The UN Secretary-General warns Netanyahu that banning the UN agency would have devastating consequences for Palestinian refugees and reminds him of his obligations under international law

Al Majalla - London 31 October 2024

Israel's military targets

Fares Garabet 31 October 2024
Andrea Awada-Zeaiter of Dearborn attends a rally in support of Lebanon in light of recent Israeli strikes that killed hundreds on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, in front of the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, Michigan. Katy Kildee/AP

Michigan’s Lebanese Americans feel abandoned by Democrats

Amid Israel's campaign in southern Lebanon, voters in the city of Dearborn express anger and indifference

Abdelhalim Abdelrahman 31 October 2024
Israel is the only country ever to be created by the UN yet also the country that has most violated the UN's resolutions Nash Weerasekera

Israel ramps up its 'war' on the United Nations

Israel's UNRWA ban further cements its disregard for the world governing body and its resolutions. Like apartheid South Africa, Israel should be suspended from the General Assembly.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 29 October 2024
Displaced families fleeing Israeli army operations in Jabalia in northern Gaza take the main Salah al-Din road towards Gaza City on October 23, 2024, amid Israel's war on Gaza. AFP

Israel's war on Gaza enters its "darkest moment" in the north

Jordan's foreign minister says "ethnic cleansing" is unfolding in the north of Gaza, telling Blinken "it has got to stop". Is Israel implementing 'The Generals' Plan'?

Amr Emam 27 October 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks from his plane upon arrival at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on October 22, 2024. Nathan Howard / AFP

Blinken makes final attempt at Gaza truce on last regional visit

On the 11th visit to the region in a year since the Gaza war began, the outgoing US Secretary of State gives his last push for a ceasefire that Netanyahu was perhaps never really interested in

Con Coughlin 22 October 2024
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An Iranian holds a picture of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei; Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed by an Israeli air strike on September 27, 2024; and Iran Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani, killed by the US in January 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP
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Israel sharpens its focus amid growing unrest in Iran

11 January 2026

Last year's 12-day war with Iran was ostensibly aimed at its nuclear programme. This time, the regime is significantly weakened, presenting an opportunity Israel may feel it can't miss.

Michael Horowitz
Al Majalla
Politics

The Donroe Doctrine and the new hemispheric order

12 January 2026

Pressure builds on Venezuela after Trump appoints himself 'acting president'. With Colombia, Mexico and Cuba seemingly also in the line of fire, they will be closely watching what happens in Caracas.

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
Government forces patrol the Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood after taking control of the area, following the collapse of an agreement between the Syrian government and the SDF, in Aleppo, Syria, on 10 January 2026. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
Politics

What next for Syria after tenuous Aleppo ceasefire?

10 January 2026

It remains unclear if Damascus's move to kick the Kurds out of Aleppo will pressure the SDF to implement the 10 March deal to integrate its forces into the Syrian army or harden its resolve to resist

Haid Haid
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (L) gives a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty (R) at Tahrir Palace in the centre of Cairo on September 10, 2024. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
Politics

Egypt steps up its balancing act amid Yemen rift

08 January 2026

The UAE backs southern Yemenis who want secession, while Saudi Arabia wants a unified Yemen. Egypt also favours unity, but is close to both Gulf states, putting it in a difficult position.

Amr Emam
Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Putin foreshadowed the Ukraine war in 2008 meeting with Bush

06 January 2026

Recently declassified meeting minutes between the two leaders show how Washington was well aware of Moscow's grievances over NATO expansion, but went ahead anyway

Samer Elias

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