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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
People stand on top of the remains of an Iranian missile in the Negev desert near Arad on October 2, 2024, in the aftermath of an Iranian missile attack on Israel. Menahem KAHANA / AFP

Can the US still prevent an all-out Middle East war? 

As Israel plans its response to Iran, Biden is attempting a diplomatic Hail Mary

Michael Hirsh 03 October 2024
Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, October 1, 2024 REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Iran missile salvo: Has Israel bitten off more than it can chew?

Just after Israel invaded Lebanon, Hezbollah fired missiles at the Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv. Hours later, Iran followed with over 200 missiles. Now, the region waits for Israel's next move.

Con Coughlin 01 October 2024
Mourners march with a symbolic coffin during a memorial service for Hassan Nasrallah who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut days earlier, in Baghdad's Sadr City on September 29, 2024. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Iraqi militias open a cautious front to help Hezbollah

On Monday, three rockets were fired at the Victoria military base in Baghdad hosting US troops. A day earlier, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed a drone attack on the Israeli port city of Eilat.

Salam Zaidan 01 October 2024
Women use their mobile phones as ambulances carrying the bodies of three Palestinian leaders who were killed in an Israeli strike in Beirut's Kola district on September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim

Could Israel cut off Lebanon's internet and telecoms?

After Israel avoided prevention measures and sent tens of thousands of messages to Lebanese citizens, fears have grown over the security of a key part of the country's infrastructure

Abdulfattah Khattab 01 October 2024
Israeli army tanks are deployed in the Upper Galilee region of northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on September 30, 2024. Menahem KAHANA / AFP

Can Israel kill its way to victory over Hezbollah?

The group has been degraded but can still inflict serious harm, especially as Israel launched its "limited" ground invasion overnight

Daniel Byman 01 October 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Lebanon death toll approaches 2,000 amid Israel offensive

Since 8 October 2023, Hezbollah launched a supportive front to help Hamas in Gaza. Since then, the group and Israel have been engaged in somewhat of a limited and controlled exchange of fire within…

Al Majalla - London 01 October 2024
Iran-backed militias carefully weigh their next moves after Israel's stunning success against Hezbollah. For now, they may opt for self-preservation as they go through their most vulnerable time. Ewan White

Will Iran-backed militias cower from Israel's military might?

Iran-backed militias carefully weigh their next moves after Israel's stunning success against Hezbollah. For now, they may opt for self-preservation as they go through their most vulnerable time.

Lina Khatib 30 September 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
Smoke billows following Israeli strikes over Beirut's southern suburbs throughout the night of September 27 and early morning of September 28, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Israel targets Hezbollah’s top leader in Beirut

The strike came just an hour after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations

Anusha Rathi 28 September 2024
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hold a joint press conference after a trilateral meeting in Jerusalem, on 22 December 2025. ABIR SULTAN / REUTERS
Politics

Israel seeks to revive the EastMed pipeline with an eye on Türkiye

24 December 2025

Netanyahu is once again exploiting historical grievances and fears to form alliances against "common threats"

Omer Onhon
AFP-Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

Diversification and growth: how Gulf economies fared in 2025

24 December 2025

Economic and technological dynamism characterised 2025, with ambitious initiatives aimed at accelerating non-oil growth, diversifying national economies, and ushering in regional integration

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi
A picture of Farid al-Madhan, known as "Caesar," wearing a blue robe in the US Congress.
 Reuters/ Al Majalla
Politics

Syria's new post-sanctions test

22 December 2025

Damascus finally gets breathing room after the US repealed its draconian Caesar sanctions, but it can't exhale just yet. Al Majalla explains why.

Haid Haid
An aerial view of the dome of the Palace of Fine Arts Museum in Mexico City, on 22 May 2024. AFP / Rodrigo Oropeza
Culture & Social Affairs

Mexico City: where the ordinary and extraordinary coexist in chaotic harmony

24 December 2025

On the margins of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, I was amazed by the sheer scale of the country's capital, home to 23 million, the mundane and the marvellous

Samer Abou Hawwach
Conservative political commentator and podcast host Tucker Carlson speaks at Turning Point's annual AmericaFest conference, in remembrance of late right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, Arizona, on 18 December 2025. OLIVIER TOURON / AFP
Politics

Israel is bleeding support on the US Christian right

23 December 2025

Israel's war on Gaza has cost it support among Christian conservatives—traditionally strong supporters of Israel—alarming pro-Israel forces who are scrambling to counter the phenomenon

Tarek Rashed

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