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(L to R) Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, and United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, pose for a group photo following their Negev meeting in the Israeli kibbutz of Sde Boker on March 28, 2022. (Photo by Jacquelyn MARTIN / POOL / AFP)

From Arab-Israel Conflict to Arab-Israel Cooperation

The geopolitical balances of the world are changing and so does the geopolitical balance of the Middle East region. One of the key indicators of this change is the rising profile of Israel as an…

Dalia Ziada 01 April 2022
Saif Al-Abri

AUKUS, Chinese-Russian Axis: Is This the Beginning of the End?

In recent times, there has been significant geopolitical development. The US economic and political power is declining, but it's still the greatest power for the time being. Furthermore, for a while…

Saif Al Abri 27 March 2022
General view of the site of a bombing at a shopping center as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Marko Djuricá

Russia-Ukraine Conflict Impact on Arab Economies: Losers and Winners

Wars or military confrontations always come with dramatic, impactful changes. The economy is the most fragile or the weakest link that can be shaken with the first sign of instability. Unprecedented…

Motasem Al Felou 25 March 2022
Supporters of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) hold up a portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they celebrate in Istanbul after the first results in the country's general election on November 1, 2015. (AFP/Ozan Kose)

Governing Coalition in Turkey Introduces Amendments to Party, Electoral Laws

The parliamentary proposal submitted to the parliament by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey together with its ally the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in order to change…

Jiwan Soz 25 March 2022
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, arrives at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this photo taken on August 17, 2021 and released by U.S. Navy on August 18, 2021. U.S NAVY/Central Command Public Affairs/Capt.William Urgan/Handout via REUTERS

Washington To Provide Egypt With F-15 Jets, U.S. General Says

The top U.S. general for forces in the Middle East said on Tuesday that he believed the United States would provide Egypt with F-15 aircraft. "I think we have good news in that we're going to…

15 March 2022
A general view of the 11th emergency special session of the 193-member U.N. General Assembly on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 2, 2022. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri)

Arab's Dilemma in the Russia-Ukraine Crisis

The so-called “special military operation” which the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, launched in Ukraine, on February 24th, with the hope to seize Kyiv over one night, is now stretching to several…

Dalia Ziada 04 March 2022

American Book: US Almost Invaded Syria in 1919

The first major American military intervention in the Middle East took place in the aftermath of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, when nearly 400,000 soldiers were sent to the region as part of…

Mohammad Ali Salih - Washington 26 February 2022
Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz. SPA

A New Saudi Arabia in the New Middle East

For better or worse, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is rapidly transitioning into a new geopolitical structure, with new centers of influence and diverse agendas of individual and…

Dalia Ziada 18 February 2022
 A fully veiled woman collects items near the house in which the leader of Islamic State leader Abdullah Qardash died during a raid by US special forces in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, on Feb, 4, 2022. - AAREF WATAD/AFP via Getty Images

US Diplomat Says Killing of ISIS Leader Reduces Effectiveness of Extremist Group

ISIS has not yet announced a new successor to its leader Abdullah Qardash, who was killed this week in a complex airdrop in a town located in an area overlapping the Syrian provinces of Aleppo and…

Jiwan Soz 12 February 2022
Abdelkader Zaoui

Arab World, Neighboring Countries Addicted to Instability

The relationships between Arab and non-Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa region are unstable. The interrelationships, both bilateral and multilateral, which seemed to be unbreakable,…

Abdelkader Zaoui 21 January 2022
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The GCC moves from ‘safe neutrality’ to ‘indivisible security’

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Following the unprecedented attacks on Qatar, Gulf leaders have pledged to forge a unified defence front, marking a historic shift from cautious neutrality to collective security

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The evolution of Latin America’s drug cartels

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What began as a locally rooted trade in coca leaves and opium evolved into a transnational system of cartels that challenged governments, corrupted institutions, and destabilised countries

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Why the US is asking Lebanon for its bomb back

05 December 2025

When Israel killed a Hezbollah military chief in late November, one GBU-39 bomb failed to detonate, leaving Washington worried that its adversaries could reverse engineer it

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Spanish poet Miriam Reyes on escaping the prison of the page

03 December 2025

With her collection 'Con' having won Spain's 2025 National Poetry Prize, the Galician writer spoke to Al Majalla about the process of creation as she works on her first novel.

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