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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the day of the EU Leaders and Regional Partners Summit in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 24 April 2026.
 Reuters

Are Lebanon-Israel talks a mistake? The view from Cairo

Egyptian officials believe US-Israeli pressure to rapidly disarm Hezbollah could backfire and plunge Lebanon into a new civil war

Amr Emam 12 May 2026
Containers and cranes at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, on 14 April 2025. Reuters

Strings attached: Lebanon’s economic rescue tied to its openness to Israel

Proponents of a peace deal argue that by reducing security risks with Israel, Lebanon can move from a volatile frontier market into a regional hub much like the UAE.

Thuraya Shahin 04 May 2026
A Lebanese guard stands in front of  Magen Abraham, the last Jewish synagogue in Lebanon at Wadi Abou Jmil, Beirut's former Jewish neighbourhood, in the war-devastated city centre. JOSEPH BARRAK / AFP

New book recalls Beirut’s once-vibrant Jewish quarter

Veteran Lebanese journalist Nada Abdelsamad transports readers back to the time when Beirut's Jewish quarter, known at the time as Wadi al-Yahud, was thriving

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush 03 May 2026
Pete Reynolds

The 2026 Lebanon-Israel talks have echoes in 1983

Largely forgotten by history, leaders in Beirut and Tel Aviv shook hands on a plan for normal bilateral relations 43 years ago, after yet another Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon.

Elie Kossaifi 26 April 2026
Ewan White

Simon Karam: the diplomat leading Lebanon's talks with Israel

Given his reputation for being a staunch sovereignist, many trust him not to concede an inch of Lebanese land to Israel

Thuraya Shahin 26 April 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
Pete Reynolds

Lebanon and Israel: negotiations and the end of Hezbollah

Building on the ten-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, time will tell if these talks are a one-off or the beginning of a different path for Lebanon.

Al Majalla - London 23 April 2026
Eduardo Ramon

Are Damascus and Hezbollah headed for confrontation?

Fighters have been sent to the porous Syria-Lebanon border area from both sides in recent weeks, with far more at stake than smuggling rackets.

Subhi Franjieh 23 April 2026
Israel Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Oval Office at the White House on 23 April 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

Round 2: Lebanon-Israel talks inch forward

Given concerns about Hezbollah backlash, Beirut will likely want to proceed incrementally toward its stated goal of establishing a state monopoly on weapons

David Schenker 23 April 2026
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun delivers a televised address to the Lebanese people from the Baabda Presidential Palace, east of the capital Beirut, on 17 April 2026. Lebanese Presidency / AFP

After the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire

Beirut now must demonstrate its commitment toward ultimately disarming Hezbollah—not for Israel's sake, but for Lebanon's

Bilal Saab 17 April 2026
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Leaders of SCO member states, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian—ahead of a summit session in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on 1 September 2026. Sputnik/Reuters
Business & Economy

SCO summit: a Eurasia that no longer seeks US permission

03 September 2026

In Bishkek, a loose Eurasian gathering of illiberal nations inched closer to a functioning post-dollar regional economic bloc

Shirley Ze Yu
Sara Padovan
Politics

Donald Trump and the new Latin American right

04 September 2026

Across Central and South America, a raft of right-wingers borrow from each other's playbooks and ride on the US president's coattails to win elections and power. Is it ideology or practicality?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
Al Majalla
Science & Technology

Fighting cancer with cancer: new vaccine raises hope

02 September 2026

In what could be a game-changer, Moderna and Merck announced the first-ever positive results from a Phase III trial to combat melanoma

Mohammed Mansour
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Hope sells: inroads in cancer treatment excite markets

03 September 2026

For every positive clinical result, pharmaceutical (pharma) companies stand to secure billions of dollars in revenue

Rana Freifer
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Eyal Weizman dissects the architecture of genocide

28 August 2026

In his new book, the British-Israeli academic shows the methodical tactics Israel has used to uproot Palestinians from their homeland since 1948

Hala Al-Naji

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