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A Hezbollah flag is placed in front of the shrine of Shamoun al-Safa, built within a castle in the village of Shamaa in southern Lebanon's Tyre governorate, on January 31, 2025, that was heavily damaged by Israeli bombing. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP

Trump Economic Zone plan raises eyebrows in Lebanon

Many Lebanese see the project as a demographic one with economic dressings aimed at expelling the country's southern population from their lands

Souraya Chahine 11 September 2025
Pep Boatella

Lebanon’s challenge to disarm Hezbollah

Al Majalla tackles the latest developments, including signals from Washington and Riyadh, as well as Tehran's red lines

Al Majalla - London 03 September 2025
Pep Boatella

Disarming Hezbollah: will Lebanon seize or squander its opportunity?

After Israel dealt Iran and its regional axis a string of crippling blows last year, Lebanon now finds itself better-positioned to reclaim its eroded state sovereignty. Will it grab the chance?

Frederic C. Hof 03 September 2025
A portrait of a soldier in Beirut, Lebanon. 
Alamy

The Lebanese army can confront Hezbollah. Here's how.

Lebanon's president and prime minister have a big decision to make: whether, and how, to use the army to disarm Hezbollah. Today's army can be trusted, but its task must be well thought through.

Bilal Saab 03 September 2025
US Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack, also special envoy to Syria, fields questions from journalists after meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on August 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon at a crossroads over Hezbollah arms

US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack used his latest visit to Beirut to deliver what was, in effect, an ultimatum to the Lebanese government, though he took care not to present it as such

Michael Harari 18 August 2025
Lebanese Armed Forces personnel in the Al-Mafilha area of Meiss Al Jabal, a town in Lebanon's Nabatieh Governorate. Houssam Shbaro / Anadolu via Getty Images

Don’t discount the Lebanese Army in a fight with Hezbollah

Lebanon's president and prime minister have a big decision to make: whether, and how, to use the army to disarm Hezbollah. Today's army can be trusted, but its task must be well thought through.

Bilal Y. Saab 31 July 2025
People gather to celebrate after Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as the new president, on January 9, 2025, in Al-Aaishiyah, Lebanon. Ramiz Dallah/Getty

Lebanon’s second chance at statehood

The crippling of Hezbollah's dominance and the Assad regime's fall in Syria have created a narrow but historic opening for the Lebanese people

Paul Salem 03 July 2025
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There is no better time to disarm Hezbollah

With both Hezbollah and its Iranian patrons at their weakest point, Lebanon has a fleeting opportunity to restore its eroded sovereignty

David Schenker 23 April 2025
The most famous of the militias who fought in the American Revolution was the Minutemen, who played an important role in the initial years of the war effort against the British. Shutterstock

Militias in history: From ancient roots to modern might

HTS's recent overthrow of the Assad regime recalls the key role militias played throughout history—from Sudan's recent civil war all the way back to the American Revolution. Al Majalla explains.

Steve Hewitt 04 February 2025
Iranian soldiers disembark from a military helicopter during a military drill in the Gulf and southern Iran in a handout photo released by the IRGC on January 24, 2025. AFP

How weakened is Iran, actually?

Iran and its proxies have been devastated, but the Trump administration still has much to consider in its policy toward Tehran

John Haltiwanger 26 January 2025
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The Iran war is reshaping the China-Gulf economic model

21 April 2026

Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?

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Lebanon and Israel: negotiations and the end of Hezbollah

23 April 2026

Building on the ten-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, time will tell if these talks are a one-off or the beginning of a different path for Lebanon.

Al Majalla - London
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Saving the soldiers: robots as Ukraine’s new weapon

22 April 2026

The war in Ukraine is becoming an open laboratory for testing advanced military technologies that may yet redefine the very meaning of combat

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Egyptian heritage researcher Haytham Abu Zayd sheds light on how the art form grew, excelled, and then declined over the years and ends by offering a path to revival

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