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Trump warns Iran of "great danger" if it doesn't end nuclear programme

Fares Garabet 10 April 2025
A PMF member holds a picture of Iran's late and current supreme leaders Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R) and Ali Khamenei to mark annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day commemorations in Baghdad on April 5, 2024. MURTAJA LATEEF / AFP

Iraq moves to give PMF greater role in state security

The US wants this huge Iran-aligned group to disband, but with 240,000 personnel, an arsenal of weapons, and a $3.4bn annual budget, the PMF is closer to becoming an integral part of the Iraqi state

Ayad Al-Anbar 03 April 2025
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Mohammed Abdul-Salam spokesman for Yemen's Houthis on August 13, 2019 in Tehran. AFP

Iran and the Houthis: complex ties and a history of deception

Tehran has long sponsored the Houthis in Yemen, which is the last member of Iran's 'axis of resistance' still standing up to Israel. Neither fully trust each other and never have.

Anwar Al-Ansi 31 March 2025
Iran nuclear sites Diana Estefanía Rubio

Iran's nuclear programme and the possibility of military action

The US and Israel want Tehran to completely dismantle its nuclear infrastructure, which it will not do. If they do decide to strike, Iran has limited options on how to respond.

Majid Rafizadeh 29 March 2025
A woman uses her mobile telephone as she walks past a mural painted on the outer wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, dubbed the 'Den of Espionage', on March 8, 2025. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Iran’s coming concessions to Trump

As defiant as it might sound, Tehran will ultimately find its way to a deal with Washington

Arash Azizi 25 March 2025
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The foreign agendas competing for Syria's future

Some predict partition, others federalism or fragmentation. Amidst the competing interests of Arab states, Russia, the US, Israel, Iran, Türkiye, and Europe, Syria treads its own path

Ibrahim Hamidi 22 March 2025
US President Donald Trump looks on as military strikes are launched against the Houthis in Yemen in this handout image released on March 15, 2025. Reuters

Is time really up for the Houthis?

Were recent strikes ordered by Trump intended as a warning to Tehran, or could they be a prelude to an expanded war? Al Majalla weighs in on the possible motives.

Anwar Al-Ansi 19 March 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sign a strategic partnership treaty during a ceremony following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 17, 2025. Evgenia Novozhenina / AFP

Can Russia truly protect Iran?

Tehran would be wise not to bank on Moscow coming to its defence

Majid Rafizadeh 26 February 2025
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Trump's game of hardball with Iran

The US might threaten Iran with Israeli strikes in order to get it to come to the table, but Trump prefers a deal with Tehran

Arash Azizi 20 February 2025
Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa (R), and Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, posing for a picture during their meeting in Damascus on January 29, 2025. Reuters

Down but not out: Russia adapts to new regional landscape

Despite the fall of its long-time ally in Syria, Russia isn't retreating; it is adjusting—leveraging military assets and transactional diplomacy to pursue its strategic interests across the region

Neil Quilliam and Alice Gower 09 February 2025
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Activists protest near the US Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. Activists staged multiple demonstrations near the Capitol to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington and Israel's war on Gaza. Alex Wong/ AFP
Politics

Americans are tiring of Israel. Will US policy follow?

01 September 2025

While the US public has long been supportive of Israel, its genocide in Gaza appears to have had a big effect, with most young Americans now outright hostile towards it

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Opinion

'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

07 September 2025

A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Samer Abou Hawwach
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Politics

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

02 September 2025

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
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

How Saudi Arabia is redefining the global mining map

06 September 2025

The Future Minerals Forum has become one of the world's most influential gatherings in the minerals sector, uniting stakeholders around the shared goal of building sustainable mineral supply chains

Faisal Faeq
Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla’s Film Watch

03 September 2025

Every month, Al Majalla offers its take on the screen's newest releases, with the occasional dip into the archives to review an older classic.

Areej Jamal

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