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Former non-proliferation official Robert Einhorn AFP

Confusion reigns after Trump’s US-Saudi nuclear condition

Nuclear expert Robert Einhorn tells Al Majalla that the US President approved the agreement a week before it was formally signed, then added a condition after signature, leaving diplomats stumped

Al Majalla - London 31 July 2026
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has some manoeuvring to do after its main ally, the United States, signed a deal that could allow uranium enrichment in Saudi Arabia. Michelle Thompson

Washington’s Saudi nuclear deal tests Israel’s prime minister

Benjamin Netanyahu has kept conspicuously quiet about a US-Saudi nuclear partnership that could allow enrichment in the Gulf. How he handles it could impact Israel's upcoming election

Michael Horowitz 31 July 2026
Lina Jaradat

Estrangement and the trial of the soul in Abdullah AlArfaj’s Camphor Leaves

History, memory, and migration converge in a deeply human story of exile and return

Imad Eddine Moussa 23 July 2026
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (C) speaks with Saudi Arabia's envoy to Lebanon, Yazid bin Farhan, on 14 January 2026. Lebanese Presidency Press Office / AFP

Lebanon reopens its Gulf gateway as exports return to Saudi Arabia

After five years of suspension, Lebanese exporters are targeting annual sales of $500mn as Saudi Arabia reopens its market

Thuraya Shahin 21 June 2026
Supporters of the Houthi movement demonstrate in solidarity with Iran in Sana'a, Yemen, on 10 April, 2026. Reuters

The problem with the 'Axis of Resistance' narrative on Palestine

Saudi Arabia's steadfast position on Palestine challenges efforts to reduce resistance to a single political camp

Zaid bin Ali al-Fadhil 17 June 2026
Nash

Saudi Vision 2030: a decade of transformation

In most key performance areas, targets are being met, but there is still work to do over the next few years to move the Saudi economy away from oil toward a more sustainable future.

Rana Freifer 28 April 2026
Netflix

The witty Saudi dram-com topping Netflix charts

The Alkhallat+ series is a stand-out production both in its understanding of its own identity and the audience it addresses.

Turki Harbi 27 April 2026
A Saudi commercial ship at Jeddah Sea Port, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 26 April 2023. Saudi Ministry of Defence

Saudi networks can redraw oil, gas, and trade routes

With Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, alternatives for Gulf energy transit are being sought. Could the Saudi landmass straddling two seas be bridged for the benefit of all?

Al Majalla - London 16 April 2026
An aerial view of Yanbu oil terminal in western Saudi Arabia. Alamy

Yanbu: from Saudi safety valve to Gulf export hub?

As a route for Gulf energy exports, nothing can fully replace the Strait of Hormuz, which remains closed by Iran, but a Saudi port city on the Red Sea could hold some of the answers.

Al Majalla - London 16 April 2026
Lina Jaradat

Farasan, the literature of the sea, and the poetics of place

In these pristine Saudi islands, a generation of writers has drawn on life by the sea to produce a body of work shaped by memory, identity, and rapid change

Jaber Muhammad Madkhali 16 April 2026
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on 15 August 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska, where Donald Trump met with Vladimir Putin for peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. ANDREW HARNIK / AFP
Politics

Why Ratcliffe's secret visit to Moscow is concerning

27 August 2026

The American CIA director's visit looks to be a desperate attempt by the Trump administration to avert a doomsday scenario in which NATO is pulled into a larger war with Russia

Con Coughlin
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting in Beijing, China, on 2 September 2025. Reuters
Business & Economy

Will US sanctions on Iran bite? It may depend on China

26 August 2026

Beijing says it will not abide by the new 'Economic D-Day' measures and warns the US of retaliation if they hurt their oil trade with Tehran

Rana Freifer
Nigel Buchanan
Politics

Gadi Eisenkot: Israel’s next leader?

27 August 2026

Al Majalla looks at his military career, political positions, possible paths to victory, and what a change in leadership could mean for Israel and the region after three years of war

Al Majalla - London
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

When myth replaces medicine

25 August 2026

As social media transforms how people seek medical advice, figures such as Barbara O'Neill offer something conventional medicine rarely can: absolute certainty

Mohammed Mansour
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posing after signing the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 7 August, 2026. PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE / AFP
Politics

Networked Middle East security

22 August 2026

The Iran war exposed the risks of being too closely tied to US military posture, which is why some Gulf states are repositioning themselves not merely as consumers of security but as architects of it

Bilal Saab

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