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An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is seen silhouetted as the sun sets, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza Reuters

The return of conquest wars

War is back. The horrendous violence seen in Gaza, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine during 2023 has raised concerns that conflict may become increasingly frequent in the coming years.

Christopher Phillips 26 December 2023
An armed Yemeni sits on a boat in front of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship, seized by the Houthis, 05 December 2023. EPA

Maintaining a defensive-only posture in the Red Sea is risky

Experienced former US naval officers outline to Al Majalla what can be done to protect a vital sea lane, now and in the future.

Kevin Donegan and Sam Mundy 26 December 2023
Axel Rangel Garcia/Eyal Warshavsky/Majalla

Yair Lapid to Al Majalla: A Palestinian state will be delayed significantly, but the idea not dead

In an exclusive interview with Al Majalla, former Israeli prime minister and now opposition leader Yair Lapid lists the pressing issues he sees for Israel and the obstacles to peace

Ahmed Maher 19 December 2023
Axel Rangel Garcia/Majalla

If it’s abnormal in Jerusalem, it’s because ‘we are filled with love’

The Nachloat tour, why is the word 'co-existence' absurd? how can you tell if you are hopeless? And the 'big lie' of a temporary military occupation

Ahmed Maher 18 December 2023
Biden and Netanyahu in their meeting in Tel Aviv on Oct 18 AFP

Netanyahu’s use of the Gaza war for political gain is leaving Biden exposed

Global public opinion is against Israel. Its leader is furthering his ambitions to reshape the country while destroying chances for a Palestinian state. The US faces anger for enabling the process. rnrn

Majed Kayali 16 December 2023
Sebastien Thibault

Gaza is Biden's other defining foreign policy issue

Besides the war in Ukraine, Gaza has been a defining foreign policy challenge for the Biden administration and larger US interests in the Middle East

Caroline Rose 09 December 2023
Brian Stauffer

How Israel misread Hamas

The intelligence failure that led Israel to misread Egypt in 1973 is, in fact, the same as that which led it to believe Hamas was not looking for war.

Michael Horowitz 06 December 2023
Eduardo Ramon

There will be no day after if Hamas isn’t dismantled

Without dismantling Hamas, the conflict will continue and there will be no unified governance for the Palestinians

John Jenkins 03 December 2023
A worker pushes a luggage cart with belongings of Palestinians who are trying to get back into Gaza, at the Rafah border crossing during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel Reuters

Gaza war creates aid dilemma in Sinai

Egypt has been caught in a dilemma for weeks about opening the Rafah crossing into Gaza

Amr Emam 02 December 2023

A hard path to truce in Gaza

Fares Garabet 23 November 2023
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hold a joint press conference after a trilateral meeting in Jerusalem, on 22 December 2025. ABIR SULTAN / REUTERS
Politics

Israel seeks to revive the EastMed pipeline with an eye on Türkiye

24 December 2025

Netanyahu is once again exploiting historical grievances and fears to form alliances against "common threats"

Omer Onhon
AFP-Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

Diversification and growth: how Gulf economies fared in 2025

24 December 2025

Economic and technological dynamism characterised 2025, with ambitious initiatives aimed at accelerating non-oil growth, diversifying national economies, and ushering in regional integration

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi
A picture of Farid al-Madhan, known as "Caesar," wearing a blue robe in the US Congress.
 Reuters/ Al Majalla
Politics

Syria's new post-sanctions test

22 December 2025

Damascus finally gets breathing room after the US repealed its draconian Caesar sanctions, but it can't exhale just yet. Al Majalla explains why.

Haid Haid
An aerial view of the dome of the Palace of Fine Arts Museum in Mexico City, on 22 May 2024. AFP / Rodrigo Oropeza
Culture & Social Affairs

Mexico City: where the ordinary and extraordinary coexist in chaotic harmony

24 December 2025

On the margins of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, I was amazed by the sheer scale of the country's capital, home to 23 million, the mundane and the marvellous

Samer Abou Hawwach
Conservative political commentator and podcast host Tucker Carlson speaks at Turning Point's annual AmericaFest conference, in remembrance of late right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, Arizona, on 18 December 2025. OLIVIER TOURON / AFP
Politics

Israel is bleeding support on the US Christian right

23 December 2025

Israel's war on Gaza has cost it support among Christian conservatives—traditionally strong supporters of Israel—alarming pro-Israel forces who are scrambling to counter the phenomenon

Tarek Rashed

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