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In a wide-ranging interview with Al Majalla, former American diplomat Dennis Ross shares his thoughts on how to exit the Gaza war Axel Rangel Garcia/Majalla

Dennis Ross: Hezbollah-type model in Gaza is a recipe for disaster, West Bank on brink of explosion

In a wide-ranging interview with Al Majalla, the former American diplomat shares his thoughts on how to exit the Gaza war

Ahmed Maher 17 January 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Israeli bombing of Gaza emitted 281,000 metric tonnes of carbon

Carbon emissions generated during the first two months of the Gaza war exceeded the annual carbon footprint of more than 20 of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations

Al Majalla - London 16 January 2024
In this file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) attends a parliament session to vote on the national budget on May 23, 2023, at the parliament in Jerusalem. AFP

Gaza war exacting huge price on Israel

Israeli bombs have blown huge holes not just in the Gaza Strip but in Israel's budget too. Ministers are now hurrying to adjust their balance sheets and projections.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 16 January 2024
Palestinians mourn the death of loved ones following Israeli bombardment in the southern Gaza Strip on December 5, 2023, outside a hospital in Khan Younis. AFP

No regional war over Gaza but everyone still loses

The Gaza war probably will not cause a huge regional conflagration but instead will weaken all the major actors.

Robert Ford 16 January 2024
A Palestinian man reacts as he holds the remains of his mother wrapped in a blanket amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike on the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on November 2, 2023. AFP

Israel's war on Gaza: 100 days of death and destruction

According to UNOCHA, Israel has killed 23,074 Palestinians including 10,000 children in Gaza, between 7 October 23 and 7 January 24, an average of 250.8 per day

Elie Kossaifi 14 January 2024
In a document of over 80 pages – which makes for very grim reading – an exhaustive legal case compiled by South Africa is elaborated against Israel’s vicious behaviour. Sara Gironi Carnevale

UN court hears South Africa genocide case against Israel

In a document of over 80 pages – which makes for very grim reading – an exhaustive legal case compiled by South Africa and presented to the ICJ is elaborated against Israel's vicious war on Gaza.

Bryn Haworth 11 January 2024
People carry pictures of deputy head of Hamas, Saleh al-Arouri, who was killed by what Lebanese and Palestinian security sources say was a drone strike by Israel, as mourners gather during his funeral in Beirut on January 4, 2024. Reuters

A Hezbollah-Israel war has never been closer

The killing of Hamas and Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon demonstrates that Israel is willing to trigger a conflict it has long sought to avoid.

Michael Horowitz 11 January 2024
Saudi Arabia’s custodianship of the Two Holy Mosques makes reaching a settlement with Israel extremely challenging. As such, it has prioritised securing Palestinian rights before signing any peace accord with Israel. Nash Weerasekera

Is a Saudi-US pact still imminent?

The biggest obstacle to the normalisation with Israel continues to be its opposition to a two-state solution

Abdullah F. Alrebh 08 January 2024
The funeral of Iraqi Hashed fighters in Baghdad, who were killed in a US airstrike on January 4, 2024 EPA

The world prepares for Gaza war escalation

There's a great risk that the Gaza war's repercussions could spread elsewhere, from Baghdad to Beirut to the Red Sea

David Schenker 07 January 2024
As the scale of Israel’s destruction of Gaza deepens, action in Iran and Lebanon increases the risk of the conflict widening at the behest of a desperate Netanyahu. Sebastien Thibault

Is Netanyahu trying to expand the Gaza war to prolong his rule?

As the scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza deepens, action in Iran and Lebanon increases the risk of the conflict widening at the behest of a desperate Netanyahu

Omer Onhon 07 January 2024
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dressed in an IRGC uniform, chairs a session in Tehran on 1 February 2026. AFP
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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: a possible US partner?

24 March 2026

Reports that the Trump administration is eyeing Iran's parliament speaker as an Iranian 'Delcy Rodriguez' has been dismissed in Tehran as fake news

Alex Vatanka
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir pose with US President Donald Trump (C) at the White House in Washington, DC on 26 September 2025. AFP
Politics

Why Pakistan is well-placed to host US-Iran talks

24 March 2026

Islamabad is uniquely positioned to mediate between the warring parties. It also has more than enough reasons to want this war to end.

Kamal Alam
Mark Wallace (L), CEO of the non-profit United Against Nuclear Iran, talks with Rep. Mike Lawler (R) (R-NY) next to a Shahed 136 military drone during a press conference on Capitol Hill on 8 May 2025 in Washington, DC. WIN MCNAMEE / AFP
Business & Economy

Iran and the new arithmetic of war

23 March 2026

Cheap autonomous weapons are overturning the economics of combat—and teaching the United States important lessons.

Fareed Zakaria
Trump holding a Make America Great Again Hat AFP
Politics

Could the US-Iran war deliver Trump his own ‘Suez’ moment?

23 March 2026

The conflict will likely prompt political and economic shifts, even if the extent of those changes may not be known for years.

Christopher Phillips
A displaced woman sits next her tent in an unofficial camp, erected along Beirut’s seafront area on 22 March 2026. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Beirut's daily grind: between refuge, ruin and routine

23 March 2026

Beirut continues to host exhibitions and sustain cultural life, but in a subdued, robotic fashion shaped by war and emotional numbness

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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