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Millions in northeast Syria struggle to get the medical care that they need. A special Al Majalla investigation talks to medics, patients, and families to shed light on the growing problem. Nash Weerasekera

The fight for healthcare in northeast Syria

Millions in northeast Syria struggle to get the medical care that they need. A special Al Majalla investigation talks to medics, patients, and families to shed light on the growing problem.

Shivan Ibrahim 03 February 2024
Armed groups, both pro and non-regime, pose myriad threats to the fundamental functions of the Syrian state. Nash Weerasekera

How Syria's vast militia network is eroding state sovereignty

Armed groups, both pro and non-regime, pose myriad threats to the fundamental functions of the state.

Haid Haid 06 February 2024
An archive photo of a Jordanian F-16 aircraft. Reuters

Jordanian air strikes break Syrian silence over drug trade

Jordan's swift and tough military action has forced Damascus to address a problem it has long sought to ignore. Meanwhile, sources claim Iranian involvement in weapons smuggling.

Malek Al Athamna 28 January 2024
US troops patrol on the roads of the Syrian town of al-Jawadiyah, in the northeastern Hasakeh province, near the border with Turkey, on December 17, 2020. AFP

The dangers of a US withdrawal from Syria

Without US military presence, the vice currently around the neck of IS in northeastern Syria would be loosened considerably, if not removed altogether.

Charles Lister 26 January 2024
Al Majalla provides exclusive insight into a fraternal rivalry between Hafez and Rifaat that ended up with Hafez remaining Syrian president. Lina Jaradat

Inside the decades-long power struggle between the al-Assad brothers

Al Majalla provides exclusive insight into a fraternal rivalry between Hafez and Rifaat that ended up with Hafez remaining Syrian president.

Ibrahim Hamidi 18 January 2024
Image of the first and last page of the draft Memorandum of Strategic Understanding signed by Al-Assad and Raisi Supplied

Syria and Iran strengthen already-close ties through new agreement

Al Majalla translates official Iranian documents leaked by an opposition hacker group detailing a host of agreements between Damascus and Tehran.

Al Majalla 15 January 2024
Iraqi mourners carry the coffin of a Kataeb Hezbollah fighter, the group that has claimed all recent attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria, during a funeral in Baghdad on November 21, 2023. AFP

US forces come under increased attack in Iraq and Syria

The justification given for attacks by Iran-backed militias on US bases in Iraq and Syria is America's continued support for Israel in its war on Gaza.

Shelly Kittleson 05 January 2024
The World Food Programme will have to pull its general assistance for Syria in January, at a time when it is needed in the war-torn country more than ever. Ewan White

Syria crisis compounds as humanitarian aid runs out

The World Food Programme will have to pull its general assistance for the country in January, at a time when it is needed in the war-torn country more than ever

Joseph Daher 20 December 2023
AFP

Peacemaker or evil genius? Kissinger’s mixed legacy in the Middle East

Henry Kissinger will be remembered for his controversial legacy in the Middle East

Sami Moubayed 01 December 2023

Abbas Ibrahim: How Lebanon’s security chief became a diplomat and now looks ready for a political role

A former key figure in the global politics of our region tells Al Majalla what went on between Trump and Assad – and points to what might be next for him – when international experience countsrnrn

Ibrahim Hamidi 22 November 2023
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Government drones redraw the rules of war in Yemen

09 September 2026

A military expert writes about new weaponry on the battlefield that could tip the balance of power away from the Houthis, while also highlighting the challenges

Robert Tollast
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Inside Assad’s nuclear secrets

09 September 2026

Al Majalla reveals the structure of Syria's nuclear programme 19 years after Israel bombed the Al-Kibar reactor, detailing the involvement of other states and the assassinations that followed

Al Majalla - London
Underwater image of a diver among fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on 8 March 2024. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
Business & Economy

The global race for rare earths reaches the ocean floor

07 September 2026

A critical mineral found on Japan's seabed has caught US attention, and the two are teaming up to see whether it can yield future benefits and reduce their dependence on China

Abdulfattah Khattab
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Politics

The murky origins of al-Qaeda explained

09 September 2026

Thousands of Muslim volunteers flocked to Afghanistan in 1979 to fight the Soviets in response to a rallying cry, aided by the largest covert operation in CIA history

Steve Hewitt
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Culture & Social Affairs

Susan Sarandon on fear, freedom, and refusing to change

08 September 2026

The renowned American actress tells Al Majalla about her gnawing drive for justice at the Venice Film Festival, where her new film 'Echo Chamber' premiered

Leila Amar

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