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Eduardo Ramon

How Nasrallah fell for his own myths

Hezbollah's long-serving leader was killed in a powerful Israeli airstrike in Beirut one year ago. Now that the dust has settled, a clearer picture of his downfall can be seen.

Houssam Itani 05 October 2025
Lina Jaradat

Naim Qassem: The austere ex-chemist now leading Hezbollah

The group's lacklustre former deputy leader was the last viable leadership option once Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Saffiedine. Who is he?

Badia Fahs 03 November 2024
Sara Gironi Carnevale

Hezbollah’s fall; Israel vs Iran

Al Majalla's October cover story looks at Israel's unprecedented decapitation of Hezbollah's top-brass leadership and the escalating direct confrontation between Tel Aviv and Tehran

Al Majalla - London 06 October 2024
Andrei Cojocaru

Nasrallah's killing shatters Hezbollah's aura of invincibility

A new reality emerges after Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. What happens next could have serious ramifications for Lebanon, Israel and the entire region.

Michael Horowitz 06 October 2024
Mona Eing + Michael Meissner

Hassan Nasrallah: Orator, cleric, militant

The assassinated Hezbollah leader had a long list of victims that included many more Arabs than Israelis

Arash Azizi 06 October 2024
Head of the Executive Council of Hezbollah, Hashem Safieddine on August 13, 2017. AFP

Hashem Safieddine: The drum-beating cleric pegged as Nasrallah's successor

Israel claims to have targeted the man who many have described as 'Lebanon's Yahya Sinwar'

Shadi Alaa Aldin 03 October 2024
An image of the late leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah with a black stripe for mourning is displayed on a television set airing a broadcast from the private Lebanese station NBN in Beirut on September 28, 2024.

How the myth of Hezbollah's invincibility died in the span of a week

Lebanese wake up to a new reality after Hassan Nasrallah's assassination. What happens next could have serious ramifications for Lebanon, Israel and the entire region.

Michael Horowitz 29 September 2024
A dominant figure in Lebanon since 1992, when he became secretary-general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah can be credited with reshaping the playing field of Lebanese politics for over three decades Robert Carter

Nasrallah assassination: An end of an era

A dominant figure in Lebanon since 1992 when he became secretary-general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah can be credited with reshaping the playing field of Lebanese politics for over three decades

Sami Moubayed 28 September 2024
Ambulances arrive at the American University of Beirut Medical Center as more than 2,000 people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded when their pagers exploded on September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Pager attack deals painful but far from decisive blow to Hezbollah

Hezbollah has blamed Israel for a widespread terror attack that detonated thousands of pagers in Lebanon maiming more than 2,000 people and killing some.

Lina Khatib 17 September 2024
Members of Hezbollah carry the coffin of Wissam Tawil, a commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces who was killed during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon in Khirbet Silem, January 9, 2024. Aziz Taher/Reuters

Unpacking the puzzle: Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s commanders

The Lebanon-based militia has evolved its approach to losing senior personnel. These days, few who are felled are big names. Yet its problems go deeper than public relations

Lina Khatib 06 August 2024
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US plan for Libya: unification or management of division?

26 June 2026

A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?

Areig Elhag
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More than a game: a look inside the mind of a football fan

30 June 2026

As the FIFA World Cup 2026 shows, identity, belonging, and tension combine to make football fandom unlike any other sport. So, what is going on in fans' brains?

Alaa Emara
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Politics

The quiet push to finally end Sudan's civil war

29 June 2026

External actors and some domestic parties are believed to be working behind the scenes towards a settlement. Why now?

Shawgi Abdelazim
Chinese President Xi Jinping stands in the centre of the hall during the China-Africa forum at the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing, on 5 September 2024.
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Business & Economy

China doubles down on Africa with its zero-tariff policy

01 July 2026

Beijing's duty-free access for African exports promises mutual economic gains, but more importantly, it deepens its strategic influence across the continent

Rabia Abdul Salam
Eduardo Ramon
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Why siccing Syria's army on Hezbollah is so dangerous

28 June 2026

If Trump's idea is implemented, it would all but certainly further undermine regional stability and US interests in the Middle East

David Schenker

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