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A new surface-to-surface ballistic missile called Khaibar with a range of 2,000 km, unveiled by Iran, is seen in Tehran, Iran, May 25, 2023. Reuters

Israeli escalation with Iran amid Arab truce

The de-escalation trend being driven by Arab states is undoubtedly an encouraging development for the region, but until the underlying root causes of instability are resolved, crises will continue.

Charles Lister 28 May 2023
Media delegates watch on a screen Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addressing the Arab League Summit in Jeddah on May 19, 2023. AFP

Full progress for Syria depends on more than its return to the Arab League

The step-by-step approach to ending the crisis could possibly backfire, as happened in Lebanon with Hezbollah. Wider international support may help.

Khaled Hamadeh 22 May 2023
Six months after Iraq formed a new government, Iraqis have mixed views on al-Sudani's performance. AFP

How has Iraq’s pragmatic premier choice panned out?

Six months after Iraq formed a new government, Iraqis have mixed views on al-Sudani's performance

Shelly Kittleson 23 Apr 2023
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows missiles flying into the sky near international airport, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. AP

Is Israel on ‘red alert’ yet?

Israel has been increasingly lethal, surgical, consistent, bold, and transparent in its military attacks on Syria

Bilal Saab 22 Apr 2023
A US armoured military vehicle drives on the outskirts of Rumaylan in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, bordering Turkey, on March 27, 2023. AFP

The credibility of American deterrence in the Middle East

A breakdown of recent developments in the Middle East that give credence to the belief that the US is not as invested as it once was

Bilal Saab 03 Apr 2023
Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881 - 1938, left), and Reza Shah (1879 - 1944), Shah of Persia, hold a historic meeting in Ankara, the new capital of Turkey, 1934. Getty Images

This day in history: Persia renamed ‘Iran’

The precedent for altering a country's name was set decades ago but the reasons for doing it can be very different

Sami Moubayed 21 Mar 2023
A man in Tehran holds a local newspaper reporting on its front page the China-brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore ties, signed in Beijing the previous day, on March, 11 2023. AFP

Will the Saudi-Iran deal reshuffle the regional security deck?

Three factors that limit optimism over the deal are Iran's radicals, China's unwillingness to play a more significant security role in the region and Israel's fear over Iran's nuclear programme 

Bilal Saab 21 Mar 2023
Members of Lebanon's movement Hezbollah on March 1, 2016, in the southern town of Kfour in the Nabatiyeh district, during the funeral of a Hezbollah fighter, who was killed while fighting a longside Syrian government forces in Syria Getty Images

Damascus Documents reveal story behind creation of Hezbollah

Al Majalla obtains Damascus Documents which reveal how Iran founded Hezbollah in Lebanon in the 1980s

Ibrahim Hamidi 26 Feb 2023
General view during the European Foreign ministers council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 20 February 2023. Foreign ministers will mainly discuss one year conflict in Ukraine and fifth package of sanctions against Iran. EPA

Is Britain a spent force in the Middle East?

The fall out of Brexit at home, a lessening of western power and the diminishing importance of the Middle East to London and its western allies has seen the UK step back from the region

Christopher Phillips 24 Feb 2023
More than 500 high-level international decision-makers meet at the 59th Munich Security Conference in Munich during their annual meeting from 17 to 19 February 2023 to discuss global security issues.  EPA

Absence of Russia and Iran from Munich Security Conference casts shadow over talks

Dialogue focused on the issue of global polarisation — a phenomenon exacerbated by Russian President Vladmir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine in February 2022

Houssam Itani 22 Feb 2023
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Saudi astronauts Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali Al Qarni, with their crew Peggy Whitson and John Shoffner pose for a photo ahead of their mission to the International Space Station from Florida, in this photo released on May 20, 2023. Reuters
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Saudi astronauts reach International Space Station, making history

22 May 2023

The arrival of two Saudi astronauts into space is a big moment for the Arab world. And a reminder of the leading role Islamic nations have long held in humanity's understanding of the stars.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov holds up his book "Time Shelter" translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel after winning The International Booker Prize 2023, in London, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. AP
Culture & Social Affairs

Why Georgi Gospodinov’s novels resonate with readers around the world

23 May 2023

Al Majalla talks to Georgi Gospodinov, the Bulgarian author who won this year's International Booker Prize for his novel 'Time Shelter'

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy
Jomana Alrashid chairwoman of the Red Sea Foundation(L) and Mohammed Al Turki, Red Sea International Film Festival CEO at the 76th annual Cannes Film Festival. EPA
Culture & Social Affairs

Red Sea Film Festival shines in the heart of Cannes

24 May 2023

This year had the largest Arab presence in the history of Cannes, with nine Arab films featured. The Red Sea International Film Festival supported five of these films, in addition to the opening film.

Mohammed Rouda
Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. SPA
Politics

Zelensky in Jeddah: A bold showcase of Saudi diplomacy

25 May 2023

The 32nd Arab Summit nabbed global attention. As well as the visit of Ukraine's leader, Syria stepped back into the regional community as Saudi Arabia's careful diplomacy emphasises common interests.

Khattar Abu Diab
G7 leaders post on a boat in Hiroshima. AFP
Politics

G7: Valuable forum or outdated irrelevance?

26 May 2023

The G7, which now consists of neither the seven largest economies nor the seven most prosperous democracies, feels increasingly out of date to a world that has moved on

Christopher Phillips

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