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Lebanese soldiers stand on a road near the entrance to the southern village of Zawtar al-Garhbiya on July 21, 2026. Fadel Itani/AFP

Reclaiming southern Lebanon village by village

Al Majalla visits an area where the locals refused to leave their homes to be used by Hezbollah, so they blocked roads, invited the army in, and coordinated with neighbouring areas

Lina Khatib 25 July 2026
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio oversees the signing of the framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon in Washington on 26 June 2026. Reuters

One town at a time: Israel, Lebanon boost coordination

Under US tutelage, Tel Aviv and Beirut have agreed to work together to disarm Hezbollah and gradually replace Israel's army with Lebanon's in the south

Thuraya Shahin 03 July 2026
Lina Jaradat

Israel's casual expression of its violent occupation

Photos of Israeli soldiers cooking, celebrating, and looting inside homes in Gaza and southern Lebanon reveal how the occupied home is treated as a natural right

Shadi Alaa Aldin 25 April 2026
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in front of a map of the Middle East during a press conference at the Government Press Office (GPO) in Jerusalem on September 4, 2024. ABIR SULTAN / AFP

Time to worry? Netanyahu says he ‘connects’ to a Greater Israel

Those watching the Israeli prime minister over the years will not be surprised to hear of his affiliation with the idea of a much larger State of Israel. Now he is acting on it.

Amr Emam 20 August 2025
Lina Jaradat

Instead of respite, Gaza's war-torn brace for full Israeli occupation

After nearly two years of bombing, death, and displacement, a further mass evacuation order from the north to the south is pending, with the Israeli endgame being the settlement of the Strip

Salem Al Rayyes 16 August 2025
An Israeli battle tank deployed at a position along the border with the Gaza Strip and southern Israel on July 29, 2025. Jack Guez / AFP

The latest ‘corridor’ helps the Israeli military fragment Gaza

A new axis dividing Khan Younis into eastern and western sections follows others splitting Khan Younis from Rafah, and north Gaza from central Gaza. The strategy is simple: divide and conquer.

Salem Al Rayyes 30 July 2025
Waving the flag adopted by the new Syrian rulers, as people celebrate the ousting of Bashar al-Assad from Damascus. Ammar Awad / Reuters

Israel’s actions in Syria are part of its regional ambitions

Destroying most of Syria's defence assets, Tel Aviv has left its northern neighbour vulnerable to the same instability that followed the dissolution of the Iraqi army. That suits Netanyahu nicely

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 02 January 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian Authority Riyad al-Maliki (R) at the International Court of Justice at a hearing on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation on February 19, 2024, in The Hague. AFP

Israeli occupation on trial at the Hague

A second case against Israel has been put to the International Court of Justice. This time, dozens of states decry its constant breach of international law and call for an end to its impunity.

Bryn Haworth 24 February 2024
Issa (Salim Daou) and Siham (Hiam Abbas) waiting for transport in a scene from “Gaza Mon Amour”. (Supplied)

"Gaza Mon Amour": A Different Look at Contemporary Gaza

Speaking about Palestine or Gaza strip in specific always comes with mentioning the war and the people's lives between rockets and strikes, the prison they are living in, and the city which is…

Salma Adham 13 August 2021
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As the US and Iran spar over Hormuz deal, the world waits with bated breath

12 August 2026

Any agreement that restores traffic through the strait will bring immediate relief, but repairing the damage wrought by war—and restoring confidence—will take far longer

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Al Majalla
Politics

Is multipolarity helping or hindering Iran?

12 August 2026

A bit of both. It enabled its rise as a regional power, then helped weaken it, and may now help prevent its complete defeat.

Christopher Phillips
Opinion

Mecca diplomacy and the New Middle East

12 August 2026

Riyadh has made clear its vision for the future of a "new Middle East"—and it is one based on mutual respect, unity, peace and prosperity

Zaid bin Ali al-Fadhil
Al Majalla
Science & Technology

How AI is rewriting the rules of war and peace

10 August 2026

As states race to embed algorithms in systems of reconnaissance, targeting, air defence, and military decision-making, a new layer of risk is taking shape

Mohammed Mansour
Nesma Moharam
Culture & Social Affairs

The art of Taqāsīm: dividing time and charging silence

11 August 2026

Al Majalla traces the evolution of the solo improvisation musical form indigenous to the Middle East region

Fadi El-Abdallah

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