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Despite a new president, a new prime minister, a new government, and a new central bank governor, what has actually changed after Lebanon's economic collapse? Lina Jaradat

A state in crisis: Lebanon’s struggle to restore financial stability 

Following the appointment of a new president, Lebanon has struggled to come to terms with the deep-rooted challenges of its financial collapse

Toufic Chanbour 20 December 2025
The Leviathan natural gas platform in the Mediterranean Sea. With Lebanon and Cyprus having finally demarcated their maritime boundary, exploration for new gas fields can begin. Jack Guez/AFP

Drawing lines for gas: Lebanon and Cyprus sort their waters out

The two countries at last have a maritime border, letting energy firms search for new gas fields in the Eastern Mediterranean, but the agreement has geopolitical repercussions too.

Michael Harari 18 December 2025
Lina Jaradat

Hezbollah money laundering risks sanctions on Lebanon

Media reports show pro-Hezbollah charities using online platforms to solicit donations via digital wallets to circumvent sanctions. In Lebanon's cash economy, that is a dangerous game to play.

Thuraya Shahin 24 November 2025
Axel Rangel Garcia

Michel Issa: Trump’s trusted ambassador takes on Lebanon’s hardest file

The first US ambassador to Lebanon with Lebanese roots, Michel Issa has set his sights on Hezbollah's disarmament and restoring state authority

Thuraya Shahin 23 November 2025
People gather outside the municipality building in the southern Lebanese border village of Blida in the aftermath of an Israeli army raid on the village, on 30 October 2025. MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP

Israel's three options on Hezbollah disarmament

Israel seems to prefer military pressure, but if it thinks outside the box, it may find better—and more creative— ways to achieve its goal

Michael Harari 22 November 2025
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Issa Makhlouf on the cultural atrophy of the Arab world

Al Majalla interviews the Lebanese writer about his new award-winning novel on his life in Paris and how living in the French capital shaped his intellectual formation

Ashraf al-Hassani 18 October 2025
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Lebanon's finance minister: fiscal reforms are underway

Speaking to Al Majalla, Yassine Jaber explained how the government had already increased tax revenue and what it plans to do to raise more money for the treasury

Souraya Chahine 17 October 2025

Israel may turn its guns on Lebanon after Gaza

Fares Garabet 09 October 2025
Eduardo Ramon

How Nasrallah fell for his own myths

Hezbollah's long-serving leader was killed in a powerful Israeli airstrike in Beirut one year ago. Now that the dust has settled, a clearer picture of his downfall can be seen.

Houssam Itani 05 October 2025
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Lebanese artist Maral Dir Bogosian on capturing Beirut's essence

Her latest exhibition, 'Roofs of the City', shows how she continues to absorb Beirut's abundant imagery as if encountering it for the first time

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 17 September 2025
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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
Opinion

Israeli gas and the crafting of a 'new Middle East'

22 December 2025

The US is poised to use Israeli gas as a lever to keep Iran on the backfoot following its regional setback, and it could even use it to undercut Russia's economy

Ibrahim Hamidi
Women and children at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to el-Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan, in January 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Zakaria
Politics

After el-Fasher: the trajectory of war in Sudan

16 November 2025

Washington seems to have changed its tone after the RSF committed atrocities in October, putting increasing pressure on the foreign backers of a paramilitary that now controls Darfur. What next?

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb
Despite a new president, a new prime minister, a new government, and a new central bank governor, what has actually changed after Lebanon's economic collapse? Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

A state in crisis: Lebanon’s struggle to restore financial stability 

20 December 2025

Following the appointment of a new president, Lebanon has struggled to come to terms with the deep-rooted challenges of its financial collapse

Toufic Chanbour
Culture & Social Affairs

This year in film: landmark moments across platforms

22 December 2025

Al Majalla looks back at a memorable and haunting year in film, with Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab one of 2025's most powerful works

Wael Said

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