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A false 24-year claim about farmland killed 12 young footballers

A fascinating first-hand account from a former ambassador of the conversation about the Shebaa Farms that uncovered the lie that Hezbollah uses to justify its continued 'resistance' against Israel

Frederic C. Hof 03 August 2024
Byblos International Festival, in Byblos, July 19, 2024 AFP

Party time? Tourism in Lebanon in the summer of 2024

Music festivals are being cancelled in this country of contrasts, as the chance of full-blown war with Israel in the southern borderlands increases

Salwa Baalbaki 31 July 2024
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How Lebanon’s banks can get money back to depositors

One of the biggest names in the stricken financial sector calls for 'hope' amid the crisis that has reduced millions to poverty and ruined the country's reputation. There is now a detailed plan.

Salwa Baalbaki 20 July 2024
A painting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad, at an art gallery in Damascus, July 3, 2017. AFP

From socialism to drug hub: The evolution of Syria's economy

The Syrian Army's Fourth Division partners with an unlikely cast of characters to smuggle pills across borders while security men in Damascus raid currency exchanges. How did it come to this?

Mohamed abi Samra 03 July 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

More than half a century of Israeli wars on Lebanon

The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon may be inevitable, as Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza is still ongoing and as ceasefire negotiations have faltered…

Al Majalla - London 02 July 2024
An airliner at Beirut Airport is seen destroyed in fighting between the Israely army and PLO in June 1982. Wikimedia

Six times Beirut International Airport came under attack

Al Majalla delves into the troubled history of Rafic Hariri International Airport and how many times it came under fire from the 1960s until today

Sami Moubayed 30 June 2024
Lebanese novelist Iman Hmeidan's book 'Songs for Times of Darkness' Facebook

A novel about four Lebanese women captures the collective pain of a nation

In 'Songs for Times of Darkness', novelist Iman Hmeidan brings to life the travails of different eras, demonstrating how personal and collective anguish are often intertwined

Ali Almuqri 28 June 2024
US special envoy Amos Hochstein addresses the media after meeting with Lebanon's parliament speaker in Beirut on June 18, 2024, amid continuing tensions on the Lebanese-Israeli border. AFP

Behind the US plan to prevent an all-out Israel-Hezbollah war

A diplomatic initiative led by US envoy Amos Hochstein to separate Israeli and Hezbollah "Radwan" special forces appears to be falling short, and time is running out

David Schenker 25 June 2024

Hezbollah-Israel war looms

Fares Garabet 24 June 2024

Israel-Hezbollah war heats up

Fares Garabet 17 June 2024
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Locked and loaded: what is Trump's endgame in Iran?

29 January 2026

Whether American military action triggers a rapid collapse of Iran's regime or gradually erodes it over time, all paths lead to one destination: the end of the Islamic Republic

Futoshi Matsumoto
Palestinian children peek out of holes in their tent at a makeshift displacement camp set up amid building rubble in Gaza City on 12 May 2025. Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

'Life' in a tent pushes the bounds of Gazan endurance

26 January 2026

Those who somehow managed to survive starvation, bombs and disease now face a punishing winter in 'shelters' as battered as Palestinian existence itself

Hala Al-Naji
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Politics

Unifying Syria without reigniting war

30 January 2026

Following the signing of a comprehensive integration agreement, stabilising the region hinges on whether the country can be unified without repression

James Jeffrey
Sara Gironi Carnevale
Documents & Memoirs

Could Trump actually buy Greenland?

30 January 2026

If history is any indication, then yes. While much of modern-day America was acquired through conquest, large chunks of the country were also bought from reluctant sellers under pressure.

Steve Hewitt
Lebanese pop star Haifa Wehbe performs during the Batroun International Festival in the coastal city of Batroun, north of Beirut. ANWAR AMRO / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Lebanon finds an anthem out of the reach of drones

26 January 2026

The economy is a mess and the politics are askew but the Lebanese are once again learning how to celebrate, these days to the tune of Badna Nrou, meaning 'We need to calm down'

Samer Abou Hawwach

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