The countries of the Arab Maghreb Union have ambitious plans for 2024 as they try to return to the kind of robust expansion seen before inflation and global geopolitical turbulence hit.
R2P reached a high point in 2011 with global intervention in Libya but was buried by inaction in Syria. Did the global community fail to make it work, or were its ambitions unrealistic from the start?
Deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria earlier this year were followed by the Morocco earthquake, floods in Libya, and an extreme heatwave in Europe, which will further drive costs up
The enormity of the destruction in Derna and the surrounding region is immense. In a city of 100,000, 15-20% of the population could be dead or missing.
While foreign actors have exploited Libya's fragility, blame also lies with the country's ruling elite for being overly eager to cheaply barter their country's sovereignty
Factions, corruption and an inadequate international response mean it's more of the same for the long-suffering citizens of the oil-rich North African nation so ill-served by its leaders
Since 2011, division and anarchy have engulfed the North African country. Today, it's split in half: one government in the east and another in the west
The former US envoy to Damascus tells Al Majalla how to find a path to a lasting settlement and a new place in the Middle East, from his unique perspective and first-hand experience in Assad-era talks
A US federal court has blocked Trump's tariffs and ruled that the president doesn't have unilateral authority to impose them, dealing a major blow to his economic policy
The US-based writer does not hold back in what he pens for American readers, nor is he censored. There is just one word that he is forbidden from using.
As global climate finance falters and US support disappears, the MENA region faces a widening funding gap. Now is the time to create a regional climate finance mechanism.