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Members of Iraq's PMF keep guard on 8 February, 2024, during the funeral of Abu Baqr al-Saadi, a prominent leader in the Kataeb Hezbollah who was killed in an American drone strike on his car in Baghdad a day earlier. AFP

Regional turmoil prompts radical rethink in US Mideast strategy

The US now recognises the need to contain Iran — an approach that will require it to maintain a significant military presence in the region for the foreseeable future

Con Coughlin 09 February 2024
Displaced Palestinian children play near the Palestinian-Egyptian border in Rafah camp, southern Gaza Strip, January 29. EPA

Egypt and Israel locked in a battle of wills over Gaza border control

The outcome of this battle could define the future relationship between the two countries, which have had a peace treaty in place since 1979.

Amr Emam 09 February 2024

US complicity in Israel's aggression on Gaza

Fares Garabet 08 February 2024
Israeli teacher Meir Baruchin was fired, jailed and spat at by students for criticising Israel's military conduct in Gaza. Péter Csuth/Majalla

What’s it like for an Israeli Jew to express sympathy for Palestinians?

Israeli teacher Meir Baruchin was fired, jailed and spat at by students for criticising Israel's military conduct in Gaza

Ahmed Maher 08 February 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

UNRWA on brink of collapse as donors pull life-saving funding

UNRWA director warns that the agency's operations could come to a halt by March at a time when Palestinians in Gaza are under the threat of starvation

Al Majalla - London 07 February 2024
In her new book 'I Accuse', the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese methodically lays out Israel's countless breaches of international law. Axel Rangel Garcia

One UN envoy's quest to hold Israel accountable under international law

In her new book 'I Accuse', the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese methodically lays out Israel's countless breaches of international law

Youssouf Waqqas 07 February 2024
Al Majalla obtains draft agreement on Gaza ceasefire that includes a prisoner exchange, an intensification of humanitarian aid, the recognition of a Palestinian state, and regional security agreements. Majalla:AFP:DPA

Gaza ceasefire proposal paves path to comprehensive peace

Al Majalla obtains draft agreement that includes a prisoner exchange, an intensification of humanitarian aid, the recognition of a Palestinian state, and regional security agreements.

Ibrahim Hamidi 06 February 2024

Can the US degrade Houthi capabilities?

Fares Garabet 04 February 2024
A scene from the film

Yalla Gaza: French documentary shows beauty of Palestinian resilience

Yallah Gaza by Roland Nurier was filmed before the war swept devastation over the enclave. Beautiful but flawed, its airing in Paris helps keep Gaza in the minds of an apathetic public.

Mohamed abi Samra 04 February 2024
Wherever you look, there are problems in the world’s major trade arteries, with the worst ripple effects yet to be felt. Despite this, more disarray may follow. Al Majalla

Drying up: Trade route challenges mount from every angle

Wherever you look, there are problems in the world's major trade arteries, with the worst ripple effects yet to be felt. Despite this, more disarray may follow.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 03 February 2024
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Israel's Olive War aims to uproot more than just trees

09 November 2025

The olive tree is no longer just a source of sustenance for West Bank Palestinians, but a silent witness to their profound struggle between permanence and erasure

Mohammed Najib
This handout photograph released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on 10 November 2025, shows US President Donald Trump (L) shaking hands with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House in Washington DC. SANA / AFP
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Syria-US rapprochement sees cooperation surge

13 November 2025

Since Trump began lifting sanctions in May, no time has been wasted. US investment delegations have been flocking to Damascus, and security cooperation has already started.

Charles Lister
Al Majalla
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Can Trump make peace or just ceasefires?

12 November 2025

The US president hasn't invested enough political capital in the painstaking details of peacemaking. Instead, he has focused on short-term truces he can boast about in his quest for a Nobel prize.

Christopher Phillips
Sara Padovan
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Is support for Israel becoming toxic at the ballot box? 

11 November 2025

As Americans rethink the moral—and strategic—calculus of US support for Israel, politicians are scrambling to keep pace

Alfred J. Naddaff
Ewan White
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How Trump reshaped the world

03 November 2025

Al Majalla examines key developments in the US and across the globe less than a year into Trump's second presidential term

Al Majalla - London

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