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Iran and Israel carefully calculate their next moves

Fares Garabet 28 October 2024
Displaced families fleeing Israeli army operations in Jabalia in northern Gaza take the main Salah al-Din road towards Gaza City on October 23, 2024, amid Israel's war on Gaza. AFP

Israel's war on Gaza enters its "darkest moment" in the north

Jordan's foreign minister says "ethnic cleansing" is unfolding in the north of Gaza, telling Blinken "it has got to stop". Is Israel implementing 'The Generals' Plan'?

Amr Emam 27 October 2024
Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage in Gaza since the October 7 attacks call on the US to intervene for their release during a demonstration in Tel Aviv during Antony Blinken's October 22, 2024, visit. Jack GUEZ / AFP

Why hasn't Netanyahu hit Iran yet?

Since his threat to hit his foe hard, Benjamin Netanyahu has been weighing up both its method and timing. To understand what has been on his mind, it helps to know what it is he is trying to do.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 24 October 2024

US election: Netanyahu wins either way

Fares Garabet 23 October 2024
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Riyadh on October 9, 2024. SPA

Is Araghchi trying to save Gaza and Lebanon...or Iran?

The Iranian foreign minister has just concluded a regional tour, working out who is still a friend, who is frosty, and who might help in other ways in its hour of need

Amr Emam 23 October 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks from his plane upon arrival at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on October 22, 2024. Nathan Howard / AFP

Blinken makes final attempt at Gaza truce on last regional visit

On the 11th visit to the region in a year since the Gaza war began, the outgoing US Secretary of State gives his last push for a ceasefire that Netanyahu was perhaps never really interested in

Con Coughlin 22 October 2024

Netanyahu puts Israel on a multi-front warpath

Fares Garabet 21 October 2024
Axel Rangel Garcia

Washington seems to have lost its diplomatic will in Lebanon

A flurry of diplomatic activity accompanied Israel's war on Lebanon in the summer of 2006. Fast-forward to today, there has been a lacklustre response to end the war. Why? Al Majalla explains.

Christopher Phillips 21 October 2024
Jay Torres

Sinwar killing leaves many Israelis wondering: what now?

While many Israelis celebrate the news, others wonder how this will affect the lives of the remaining hostages as both Netanyahu and Hamas double down on their demands

Michael Horowitz 19 October 2024
This file photo from October 10, 1973, shows a building destroyed by an Israeli bombing in Damascus during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. AFP

Damascus under bombs: From Ottomans to French to Israelis

Israel has attacked Damascus multiple times this past year, but the Syrian capital is no stranger to such tactics. It has come under shelling from occupation powers numerous times in the past century.

Sami Moubayed 18 October 2024
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Jared Kushner and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif interact in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 11 April 2026. Jacquelyn Martin/ REUTERS
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‘Kushner and Witkoff spoiled the US-Iran talks’

13 April 2026

Sources tell Al Majalla that Iran was able to build a rapport with US Vice President JD Vance in Islamabad, but sensed his hands were tied in the presence of Trump's son-in-law and close friend

Kamal Alam
Eduardo Ramon
Politics

China and Russia's calculated backing of Iran

12 April 2026

Both Beijing and Moscow have pragmatic reasons to help Tehran raise the cost of US action. Each sees value in offering limited but meaningful support.

Michael Horowitz
Iranians mark 40 days since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes at a demonstration in Tehran on 9 April, 2026. Majid Asgaripour / AFP
Politics

The US and Iran mull next moves amid shaky truce

10 April 2026

Washington weighs the desire to avoid a protracted war with offsetting the appearance of defeat, as Tehran debates whether to consolidate gains before conditions shift or press perceived advantages

Alex Vatanka
Al Majalla
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The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

07 April 2026

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

Brian Katulis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands during a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 29 March 2026. Reuters
Politics

Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

08 April 2026

Israel's parliament approved a draconian death penalty law last week that only applies to Palestinian prisoners, in a move that the UN says "would constitute a war crime"

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly

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