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About 63% of its total 4.55 million tonnes of basmati exports went to five top Middle East buyers: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Diana Estafana Rubio

India rice ban places further strain on global grain supply

Nearly two months ago, India banned exports of non-basmati white rice, stoking fears of a world food crisis amid tight grain supplies caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Retail prices have…

Al Majalla - London 18 September 2023
Diana Estefana Rubio

Now defunct, the Black Sea grain deal served these countries

China was the leading export destination of agricultural products from Ukraine secured by the Black Sea Grain Initiative as of 17 July 2023, the date of the suspension of the agreement, at eight…

Al Majalla - London 29 August 2023
A line ahead of modern Russian military naval battleships warships sail in the Baltic Sea. Shutterstock

Will the Baltic Sea become a new arena for confrontation between Russia and the West?

The Black Sea cannot singlehandedly absorb all the international tension arising from the Ukraine war which means the conflict could potentially spill over into northern waters

Khaled Hamadeh 11 August 2023
The poorest countries in the world, particularly in Africa, are largely dependent on Russian and Ukrainian grain. They stand to lose the most if a deal is not reached soon. AFP

World leaders race to get Black Sea grain deal back on track

The poorest countries in the world, particularly in Africa, are largely dependent on Russian and Ukrainian grain. They stand to lose the most if a deal is not reached soon.

Omer Onhon 07 August 2023
An inspector surveys the damage at a grain port facility after a reported attack by Russian military drones in, Izmail, Odesa region, Ukraine August 2, 2023 Reuters

Putin plays hunger games in targeting Ukraine grain silos

After the threat of limiting oil and gas shipments to the rest of the world failed to convince Ukraine's allies to sue for peace, Putin is now turning to food as a weapon.

Michael Horowitz 03 August 2023
France's President Emmanuel Macron attends a leaders lunch during the G20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Pool

Macron: France and Turkey Will Keep Up Work To Allow Ukrainian Grain Exports

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said France and Turkey will keep working towards facilitating grain exports from Ukraine which were hit by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Macron made the…

15 November 2022
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meet on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA), in Astana, Kazakhstan October 13, 2022. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Erdogan, Putin Agreed To Send Russian Grains To Poor African Countries For Free

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he had agreed with his counterpart Vladimir Putin that Russian grains sent under the Black Sea export deal should go to poor African countries for…

04 November 2022
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan

Turkey Says Steps Needed On Export of Russian Grain, Fertiliser

Concrete steps need to be taken regarding the export of Russian grains and fertilizer, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday, adding that problems needed to be overcome to sustain…

01 November 2022
Russia and Ukraine are signing an agreement with Turkey and the United Nations on shipping Ukrainian grain, foodstuff, and fertilizer to international markets via the Black Sea in Istanbul, on July 22, 2022. (Xinhua/Shadati)

Diplomacy of Grains, Ukrainian Crisis: Approaching a Solution or a Fighting Timeout?

Diplomacy as a tool for managing international relations in times of peace and in the process of searching for solutions to a state of war has garnered several adjectives. Each one of these…

Ahmed Taher 29 July 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attend a summit of leaders from the guarantor states of the Astana process, designed to find a peace settlement in the Syrian conflict, in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022. President Website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Tehran Summit is Attempt to Activate Regional Cooperation Against Washington – Political Analyst

Earlier this week, the Iranian capital Tehran hosted a tripartite summit that brought together Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Russian and Turkish, counterparts Vladimir Putin and Recep…

Jiwan Soz 24 July 2022
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The Saudi crown prince's interview on Fox News was packed with messages intended for his citizens, neighbouring nations, and major global powers. Reuters
Politics

The seven messages of Mohammed bin Salman

22 September 2023

The Saudi crown prince's interview on Fox News was packed with messages intended for his citizens, neighbouring nations, and major global powers.

Hesham Alghannam
The conflict over Karabakh had been the longest-running in the post-Soviet space. Al Majalla explains the origins of the conflict and how it has evolved over the decades. Majalla/Agencies
Politics

Nagorno-Karabakh's perpetual conflict shows Soviet Union still crumbling

25 September 2023

Al Majalla explains the origins and evolution of the longest-running conflict in the post-Soviet space

Anna Borshchevskaya
France’s Suez Moment has been a drawn-out one. Its influence has waxed and waned since the 1960s, but it has been on an overall downward trajectory throughout. Al Majalla explains. Majalla/Agencies
Politics

France’s African empire may have had its ‘Suez Moment’

24 September 2023

France's 'Suez Moment' has been a drawn-out one. Its influence has waxed and waned since the 1960s, but it has been on an overall downward trajectory throughout. Al Majalla explains.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Mazloum Abdi (Kobani), commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), speaks with AFP during an interview in the countryside outside the northwestern Syrian city of Hasakah. AFP
Politics

Mazloum Abdi: Syria, Iran, and Turkey 'incited' Arab tribes to attack the SDF

24 September 2023

The SDF commander rejects demands to disband his forces and tells Al Majalla in an exclusive interview that US-Russian tension east of the Euphrates is 'under control'

Ibrahim Hamidi
A woman spreads bulgur to dry in the sun after grinding it in the Lebanese southern town of Marjayoun, on July 15, 2020. AFP / JOSEPH EID
Culture & Social Affairs

Harvesting the homeland: How the Syrian bulgur season used to bring joy to villagers

24 September 2023

Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa recalls the joy that bulgur season used to bring to his village in Syria. Now the simple pleasure is disappearing from households as a harrowing consequence of war.

Khaled Khalifa

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