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Israeli army soldiers patrol an undisclosed area in northern Israel bordering Lebanon on October 15, 2023. AFP

Hezbollah’s dilemma: Shift the war or stick to rules of engagement?

In the hours after Hamas attacked Israel, forces over the northern border in Lebanon kept within existing rules of engagement. After a lack of backing for wider action from Tehran, what is next?

Khaled Hamadeh 18 October 2023
The 7 October Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent brutal Israeli military campaign on Gaza beg the question: Can mutual animosity between Israel and the Arab world ever be resolved? Nathalie Lees

New approaches needed to end the vicious cycle of violence in the Middle East

The 7 October Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent brutal Israeli military campaign on Gaza beg the question: Can mutual animosity between Israel and the Arab world ever be resolved?

Houssam Itani 17 October 2023

Israel's war on Gaza shows unresolved and long-standing Palestinian grievances

While the images of Israel's brutal bombing campaign in Gaza are gut-wrenching, there is an opportunity in every crisis. Now more than ever, it shows the need for a viable Palestinian state.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 16 October 2023

Israeli mission: Obliterate Gaza

Fares Garabet 16 October 2023
75 years after the first Nakba, Israel is forcibly displacing Palestinians from their land, just as what happened to their forefathers. Michelle Thompson

Palestinians in Gaza in the midst of a modern-day Nakba

75 years after the first Nakba, Israel is forcibly displacing Palestinians from their land, just as what happened to their forefathers.

Houssam Marouf 16 October 2023
The Kingdom’s domestic revolution also requires a revolution in its external relationships to reflect these changes. Nathalie Lees

The past should not hold the present hostage

The Kingdom's domestic revolution also requires a revolution in its external relationships to reflect these changes.

John Jenkins 16 October 2023

Post-October 7: Israel’s brutal pursuit to restore its lost deterrence

A reading on Israel's objectives in its new war on Gaza

Hesham Alghannam 15 October 2023
While the Middle East has a track record of leaving conflicts unresolved, could this chapter be one that could reshape history and break with past patterns of conflict resolution? Al Majalla/Agencies

Will 7 October change the course of history?

While the Middle East has a track record of leaving conflicts unresolved, could this chapter be one that could reshape history and break with past patterns of conflict resolution?

Al Majalla - London 14 October 2023
History has proven that cutting separate peace deals with Israel has not led to a comprehensive and lasting peace for the region. The potential of a Saudi-Israel normalisation opens a new door. Nash Weerasekera

Can peace efforts break through the barbed wire of war?

History has proven that cutting separate peace deals with Israel has not led to a comprehensive and lasting peace for the region. The potential of a Saudi-Israel normalisation opens a new door.

Brian Katulis 14 October 2023
Turkish President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a sign showing the evolution of lands of Israel and Palestine on maps at his party's group meeting in the Turkish National Assembly in Ankara on October 11, 2023. AFP

Israel's Gaza offensive could derail improved ties with Turkey

Erdoğan must carefully weigh his supporters' deep emotions toward the Palestinian cause with the realpolitik benefits of improved relations with Israel.

Omer Onhon 14 October 2023
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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
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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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