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A destroyed Lebanese bank after it was set on fire by protesters, Tripoli, June 12, 2020. AFP

Investment in Lebanon: capital inflows depend on reforms

Security is a precondition for prosperity and trade, but there are willing partners and ample possibilities if investors are better protected and the Lebanese banking sector is strengthened.

Souraya Chahine 25 August 2025
Lebanese abstract artist Saloua Choucair and one of her works

Saloua Raouda Choucair: a century of abstraction

A museum named after the late Lebanese artist provides an insightful window into her enduring legacy

Mohamed abi Samra 24 August 2025
Al Majalla

New details emerge on Kamal Jumblatt's assassination

Classified documents from the 1970s obtained by Al Majalla show what led to the killing of the Lebanese Druze politician and how Syria came to occupy Lebanon

Ibrahim Hamidi 23 August 2025
Al Majalla

Kamal Jumblatt’s letter to Assad days before he was killed

The Druze leader, whose forces were winning Lebanon's civil war, disagreed with Syria's president over it. Now, Al Majalla publishes a letter he sent to Assad, aiming to put them on the same page.

Al Majalla - London 23 August 2025
US Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack, also special envoy to Syria, fields questions from journalists after meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on August 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon at a crossroads over Hezbollah arms

US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack used his latest visit to Beirut to deliver what was, in effect, an ultimatum to the Lebanese government, though he took care not to present it as such

Michael Harari 18 August 2025
Laura Salafia

Tom Barrack: the businessman with a huge Middle East remit

Donald Trump's ambassador to Türkiye and envoy to Syria has been having some critical conversations in regional capitals since April, from disarming Hezbollah to preventing another war with Israel

Omer Onhon 10 August 2025
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Five years on, justice over Beirut Port blast remains elusive

On 4 August 2020, Beirut Port was rocked by one of the most powerful non-nuclear explosions ever recorded, with a blast yield estimated at 200–300 tonnes of TNT. Triggered by a stockpile of 2,750…

Al Majalla - London 05 August 2025
Lebanese composer, pianist, playwright, and political commentator Ziad Rahbani Lina Jaradat

Ziad Rahbani: the heir to a legacy who dreamt of home

The famed Lebanese composer, pianist, playwright, and political commentator Ziad Rahbani died in Beirut on 26 July, aged 69. He was often labelled a 'genius.' The reality was far more nuanced.

Samer Abou Hawwach 02 August 2025
Lebanese Armed Forces personnel in the Al-Mafilha area of Meiss Al Jabal, a town in Lebanon's Nabatieh Governorate. Houssam Shbaro / Anadolu via Getty Images

Don’t discount the Lebanese Army in a fight with Hezbollah

Lebanon's president and prime minister have a big decision to make: whether, and how, to use the army to disarm Hezbollah. Today's army can be trusted, but its task must be well thought through.

Bilal Y. Saab 31 July 2025
Starlink executives are exploring whether a licence could be granted in Lebanon, but talks may have slowed in the country's political and legal morass. Shutterstock

Can Starlink help rewrite Lebanon’s broken telecoms rulebook?

The struggling economy could benefit hugely from the US firm's satellite-based internet service, given that it currently only has patchy broadband coverage. Will it be allowed, though?

Abdulfattah Khattab 28 July 2025
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Mojtaba Khamenei: Iran’s third Supreme Leader

12 March 2026

The appointment represents one of the most consequential political shifts in the Islamic Republic in more than three decades

Al Majalla - London
IRGC soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran on 22 September, 2018. AFP
Politics

The US-Iran war could empower the IRGC

09 March 2026

When states are attacked, authority gravitates towards institutions capable of mobilising resources, enforcing discipline, and coordinating a military response

Alex Vatanka
Demonstrators wave Iranian national flags as they gather for a rally in support of the new Supreme Leader at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on 9 March 2026. AFP
Politics

Why regime change in Iran is unlikely

10 March 2026

There are few examples of successful US regime-change operations in history. And without permanent ground troop presence, these wins can easily be reversed.

Christopher Phillips
Tugboats help an oil tanker dock at Qingdao port in Shandong province, eastern China, on 4 August 2019. AFP
Business & Economy

The US-Iran war could consolidate China’s energy dominance

10 March 2026

Crises often reorder energy geopolitics in unexpected ways. This one may ultimately strengthen, rather than weaken, China's strategic position.

Jason Bordoff and Erica Downs
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian is greeted by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during the D-8 summit in Cairo, Egypt, on 19 December 2024. AFP
Politics

Egypt fears an unrestrained Israel if Iran collapses

06 March 2026

Cairo and Tehran have been at loggerheads since 1979, but the Iranian threat has always acted as a check on Israeli ambitions. If Iran is completely defeated, Israel will reign supreme.

Amr Emam

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