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An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a shell from northern Israel towards Lebanon, January 11, 2024. Leo Correa / Alamy

Israel’s scorched earth policy hits southern Lebanon hard

The long-term damage to hundreds of hectares in recent weeks equates to 'environmental genocide' for some. For the people of south Lebanon, it is about much more than just soil and trees.

Joudy El-Asmar 16 February 2024
Israeli army soldiers on the ground in the Gaza Strip Israeli Army/AFP

Exclusive: Israel plans to re-open Karni crossing into Gaza amid growing concerns for Palestinians in Rafah

Growing concerns about the pending Rafah offensive and the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip

Ahmed Maher 15 February 2024

Will a Gaza ceasefire come too late?

Fares Garabet 15 February 2024
Biden and Netanyahu meet in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. Reuters

Israel’s war on Gaza has shifted US policy on a Palestinian state

Biden's backing for unilateral moves to a two-state solution could set up a pivotal geopolitical moment from the rubble of Gaza. But it will take time and depends on who wins the US election.

Aqeel Abbas 13 February 2024

A bloody Valentine's Day in Gaza

Fares Garabet 12 February 2024
Israel’s ‘non-state actors’: How Jewish militias opposed to a Palestinian state regularly employ violence and intimidation tactics to achieve their goals Eiko Ojala

Extremist Jewish militias and their links to the Israeli state

Israel's 'non-state actors': How Jewish militias opposed to a Palestinian state regularly employ violence and intimidation tactics to achieve their goals

Sherine Younes 12 February 2024
Al Majalla explores the origins of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and prospects for their respective futures following the 7 October attacks on Israel. Nathalie Lees

Hamas and Islamic Jihad: Origins and future

Al Majalla explores the origins of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and prospects for their respective futures following the 7 October attacks on Israel.

Salem Al Rayyes 10 February 2024
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
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Trump’s deal: repercussions in the Gulf, Iran, and Israel

18 June 2026

The MOU reached by the two warring nations forces a rethink of the Middle East's political, security, and economic landscape

Al Majalla - London
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Hormuz may reopen, but the deal is strewn with mines

21 June 2026

Perhaps Lebanon, not the nuclear file, will become the real test of the agreement's ability to survive

Ibrahim Hamidi
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New laws will embed Israel in US security agencies

16 June 2026

Legislation to fund the American military and intelligence services will include requirements that Israeli defence firms be involved in sensitive projects and that classified information be shared

Robert Ford
Business & Economy

Hormuz is open, but obstacles to trade still linger

22 June 2026

Even if diplomatic progress continues, the Strait could be closed again. As a result, the geopolitical risk premium attached to Gulf energy exports is unlikely to disappear entirely.

Neil Quilliam
A painting by the Egyptian artist George Bahgory from the series “Love and Football”.
George Bahgoury via Facebook
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Football and art: fusing a popular sport with culture

22 June 2026

Artists use paintings, sculpture, murals, and digital designs to iconise, idolise, and mythologise football culture in a language understood by all

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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