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Despite refugee influx, Armenia economy coping relatively well

So far, the 100,000 people displaced into the country have helped some sectors grow, and there are hopes that the lack of a significant negative impact could last. Some foreign aid has helped.

Nazareth Seferian 23 December 2023
A once-unshakeable alliance has been disrupted by a one-sided dependency and a feeling of unrepaid loyalty as Putin's invasion of Ukraine echoes through his near-neighbours and the wider world. Nash Weerasekera

Russia and Armenia 'friendship' hangs by a thread

A once-unshakeable alliance has been disrupted by a one-sided dependency and a feeling of unrepaid loyalty as Putin's invasion of Ukraine echoes through his near-neighbours as well as the wider world

Nazareth Seferian 29 September 2023
The conflict over Karabakh had been the longest-running in the post-Soviet space. Al Majalla explains the origins of the conflict and how it has evolved over the decades. Majalla/Agencies

Nagorno-Karabakh's perpetual conflict shows Soviet Union still crumbling

Al Majalla explains the origins and evolution of the longest-running conflict in the post-Soviet space

Anna Borshchevskaya 25 September 2023
Smoke rises from artillery strikes on a hilltop outside Stepanakert, the capital of the Armenian-populated separatist region within Azerbaijani borders on September 19, 2023. AFP

Recent flare-up shows geopolitical drivers of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

With various regional and global players having vested interests in the South Caucasus, resolving the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is ever more urgent. Al Majalla explains.

Omer Onhon 20 September 2023
A serviceman of Karabakh's Defence Army fires an artillery piece towards Azeri positions during fighting over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region on September 28, 2020. AFP

Seven months of crippling blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh

An Azerbaijani-imposed blockade has placed the Armenian population on the brink of starvation. But the world has turned a blind eye to what is happening.

Vicken Cheterian 31 July 2023
Fehim Taştekin, the well-known analyst and journalist who is an expert on Turkish foreign affairs. (Supplied)

Erdogan Approaches Washington and Brussels, Shuns Moscow

Since the beginning of this year, Turkey has been attempting to approach the United States particularly after the arrival of the incumbent President Joe Biden to the White House. This practically…

Jiwan Soz 02 July 2021
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a reception with business leaders on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on 21 January 2026. Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP
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In Davos, a tale of two speeches

22 January 2026

Trump follows Greenland threats by announcing a "future deal," while Canada's prime minister describes it all as a "rupture in the world order"

Ravi Agrawal
Syrians celebrate in Raqqa on 19 January 2026, after Syria and the SDF struck a wide-ranging deal to bring Kurdish civilian and military authorities under central government control on Sunday. REUTERS / Karam al-Masri
Politics

Why Syrian army gains against the SDF unnerve Israel

20 January 2026

Israeli media have painted the "defeat of the Kurds" as a win for Türkiye, while Israel's military worries that this may carry negative implications for its presence in the Golan

Michael Harari
Opinion

The battle for the state is reshaping regional alliances

18 January 2026

From Yemen and Syria to Sudan and Libya, there is a concerted effort to reassert state authority and thwart moves toward the proliferation of quasi-states and fragmentation

Ibrahim Hamidi
A general view of a concrete block marking the "Yellow Line" drawn by the Israeli military in Bureij, central Gaza Strip, on 4 November 2025. BASHAR TALEB / AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Is Israel annexing more than half of Gaza?

20 January 2026

The ambiguous meaning of Israel's new yellow line

Giovanni Legorano
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) shakes hands with Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Cairo on 18 December 2025. AFP
Politics

Egypt stiffens its resolve to stop Sudan fragmentation

18 January 2026

For Cairo, stability in its southern neighbour is a national security issue. After almost three years of seeking a diplomatic solution, there are signs that it is now turning to firepower.

Amr Emam

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