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A picture of Lokman Slim is seen during a memorial service to pay tribute to him, one week after he was found dead in his car, on February 11, 2021 in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon.

Lebanon’s Policymaking and Hezbollah’s Killing Machine

With a new set of priorities established by the Biden administration in Washington, less attention is being given to the Middle East, and especiallytoLebanon.And while the French President Emmanuel…

Hanin Ghaddar 19 February 2021

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei delivers remarks on Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran Nuclear Issue in 2015 between five permanent members of United Nations Security Council, Germany and Iran on February 17, 2021 in Tehran, Iran.

Tehran Pushes Washington Toward Confrontation

The Iranian parliament is set to challenge Washington’s commitment to reviving the JCPOA by stepping even further out of compliance itself, presenting the new administration with an uncomfortable…

Joseph Braude 19 February 2021

Biden Shifts on Yemen War, Houthis Raise Larger Questions About Iran Policy

With most of its senior foreign policy staff in place, the Biden administration has begun to lay the groundwork for a re-orientation of Washington’s Iran policy. Removing the Houthis from the…

Joseph Braude 12 February 2021

An Iranian man, wearing a protective face mask, walks down a street in the capital Tehran during the COVID-19 epidemic

What the Pandemic Revealed About the “Axis of Resistance”

Political Shiism – or what the Iranian regime refers to as “the axis of resistance,” have been establishing itself in the region, and spreading its roots. Its main rhetoric is resisting Israel and…

Hanin Ghaddar 15 January 2021

Mike Pompeo alleged that Iran has become a new "home base" for Al-Qaeda worse than Afghanistan

The Al-Qaeda-Iran Relationship

As the Trump administration winds down, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed a New York Times report that Al-Qaeda's second-in-command was killed last year in Tehran and accused Iran's government…

Al Majalla - London 15 January 2021

Gulf Reconciliation Strengthens Arab Alliance Against Iran

In a diplomatic breakthrough, Saudi Arabia and its three Arab allies agreed to restore full ties with Doha at a summit in the kingdom on Tuesday. Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani was met…

Al Majalla - London 08 January 2021

Nasrallah Concludes 2020 by Eliminating Lebanon

During his recentAl-MayadeenTV interview, Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah spoke for four hours in an attempt to address questions and concerns by the Lebanese people and Hezbollah’s constituency…

Hanin Ghaddar 01 January 2021

Syrian demonstrators look at a poster bearing the portraits of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Iran Is in Syria to Stay

Early last week, Iraqi officials announced that an airstrike had killed a commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as he entered Syria from Iraq on November 29 with a consignment of…

Ariane M. Tabatabai 17 December 2020

A female student demonstrates against censorship at Tehran university, after reformist newspapers were closed down

Iran’s Silencing Strategy

Iranian dissident Ruhallah Zam – a journalist exiled in Paris – was kidnapped and assassinated by the Iranian regime earlier this month. Zam is known for his work that inspired much of the economic…

Hanin Ghaddar 17 December 2020

The Iranian Regime is Forcing Farmers to Slaughter their Livestock

“We cannot feed our livestock at all,” a member of the farmer’s union in Iran told Majalla. Videos circulating on social media show Iranian farmers taking their dairy cows to the slaughterhouse one…

Elie Fawaz 20 November 2020

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