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Regional war: Theatre or real possibility?

Fares Garabet 15, Apr 2024
Marco Lawrence/Majalla

Netanyahu vs Sinwar: Egocentrism personified in Gaza war

The Israeli prime minister and Hamas leader have inflated military progress in Gaza, whitewashed their failures and religionised the war. Who can cast doubts about a divine victory?

Ahmed Maher 15, Apr 2024
An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel April 14, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Iran’s attack does little to strengthen its deterrence posture

While this marked the first time Iran directly struck Israel, the weak showing of these drone strikes demonstrates Tehran's clear desire to avoid getting sucked into a direct conflict

Julien Barnes-Dacey 14, Apr 2024
Jordanians chant slogans during a demonstration near the Israeli embassy in Amman on March 28, 2024, in support of Palestinians amid Israel's war on Gaza. Khalil MAZRAAW/AFP

Jordan faces multiple and serious security risks

Iranian-backed militias are exploiting growing anger over Israel's war on Gaza and Jordan is as susceptible as ever to being drawn into the conflict which has spilled into the region

Haid Haid 13, Apr 2024
Objects are intercepted in the sky after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, April 14, 2024. Reuters/Amir Cohen

After months of Israeli provocations, Iran finally strikes back

Iran launched a series of attacks on Israel overnight Saturday, and Israel's war cabinet vows a "significant response"

Con Coughlin 12, Apr 2024

Biden struggles to tame Netanyahu

Fares Garabet 11, Apr 2024
US President Joe Biden (L) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on 18 October 2023. Reuters

Gaza tests the boundaries of America's 'special' relationship with Israel

Six months of war have led to huge swings in public opinion and growing criticism of Israel from US leaders, which would have been unthinkable in the past. Have things changed?

Aqeel Abbas 10, Apr 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Israel's war compounds Gaza's systematic de-development

Before the outbreak of the latest Israeli military operation in Gaza in October 2023, Gaza was already one of the most densely populated spaces in the world.Nearly half the workforce was unemployed,…

Al Majalla - London 09, Apr 2024
An end to the conflict is an absolute priority and a basic demand, but even if it were to come now, and the most optimistic recovery scenario played out, Gaza faces a bleak economic future Ewan White

Restoring Gaza to its pre-war state may take 70 years

An end to the conflict is an absolute priority and a basic demand, but even if it were to come now, and the most optimistic recovery scenario played out, Gaza faces a bleak economic future

Khaled Kassar 09, Apr 2024
Flag draped coffins of slain Palestinians killed in Israeli raid are taken through the streets of Beirut, Lebanon on April 12, 1973, during the funeral procession. AP

This day in history: Israel takes out key PLO leaders in Beirut

51 years ago, an elite unit of the Israeli army assassinated Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar, Kamal Adwan and Kamal Nasser in a dramatic operation in the upscale Beirut neighbourhood of Verdun

Sami Moubayed 09, Apr 2024
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US-Houthi ceasefire fuels Israeli fears of an Iran deal

09 May 2025

The Yemeni militant group is proving to be a stubborn adversary, and Trump doesn't want anything to detract from his visit to the Gulf next week, where he plans to make a 'big' announcement

Michael Horowitz
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

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

07 May 2025

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
Ewan White
Politics

Why Libya isn't the right model for Iran’s nuclear climbdown

08 May 2025

Israel wants the total dismantlement and scrapping of all Iranian nuclear facilities, just like in Libya two decades ago. That is unrealistic for several reasons.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Rahaf Saad, a Palestinian girl who lost her legs in an Israeli air strike. REUTERS
Culture & Social Affairs

Missing limbs and broken dreams: Gaza's generation of child amputees

03 May 2025

Israel's war on Gaza has created the "largest cohort of child amputees in modern history". On the ground, Al Majalla speaks to affected families.

Houssam Marouf
Opinion

Trump's 'unforced errors' could accelerate America's decline

06 May 2025

If history is any judge, Trump's tariffs and damaging actions towards US allies could speed up the emergence of a multipolar world, much like George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq

Christopher Phillips

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