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Working on a cotton-spinning machine in  Aleppo. Big Syrian textile manufacturers have now moved their families and business operations to Egypt. Reuters

The Syrian business owners setting up shop in Egypt since 2011

Big industrial manufacturers forced to leave their homeland have invested more than $1bn in their new home over the past decade, but overly complex bureaucracy means they can only do so unofficially

Joseph Daher 28, Aug 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Crisis without borders: Syrian refugees in 130 countries

The ongoing conflict in Syria since 2011 has triggered the largest refugee and displacement crisis of our time. Syrian refugees have sought asylum in more than 130 countries, with the majority…

Al Majalla - London 04, Jun 2024

The persecution of Syrians at home and abroad

Fares Garabet 20, May 2024
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (centre) welcomes Cypriot President Nikos
Christodoulides (left) and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission at the Government Palace in Beirut, May 2, 2024. AFP

€1bn European grant to Lebanon raises eyebrows

Some Lebanese see this as a "bribe" to prevent Syrian refugees from travelling by boat to Cyprus and then on to Europe. Lebanese Caretaker PM Najib Mikati denies this assertion.

Alia Mansour 07, May 2024

Tensions rise in Lebanon over Syrian refugees

Fares Garabet 18, Apr 2024
Syrian refugees wait to board a bus in Istanbul as they head to border villages in Edirne province on February 28, 2020. AFP

The complex “sociology of emotions” afflicting Syria's forced migrants

In a study published by 'Routledge', Syrian researcher and university professor Basem Mahmud studies the sociology of emotions experienced by Syrian refugees, from hope to despair.

Emad al-Ahmad 24, Oct 2023
Syrian refugee children play under posters depicting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey at a camp on the outskirts of Kahramanmaras in southeastern Turkey, Aug. 31, 2019. NYT

Syrian refugees in Turkey: A 'problem' that cannot be wished away

The only way Syrians would seriously consider returning home is through a political solution and putting a process in place to facilitate economic and social recovery

Omer Onhon 16, Aug 2023
Ukrainian refugees arrive at Amsterdam Central station by train from Berlin, on March 28, 2022, amir Russian invasion of Ukraine. AFP

Ukraine: Refugees, reconstruction, and the wait for peace

Neither international donors nor local investors will invest in projects that they cannot guarantee will survive potential political or security fluctuations

Al Majalla - London 24, Feb 2023
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati gestures as he attends an interview with Reuters at the government headquarters in downtown Beirut, Lebanon September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

WFP To Allocate $5.4 bln For Lebanon Over 3 Years, Caretaker PM Says

The World Food Programme has agreed to allocate $5.4 billion in aid for Lebanon over the next three years, Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said, as the country's economic crisis keeps…

21, Nov 2022
Syrian refugees sit near an informal camp, in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon October 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

Syrian Refugees Cling On in Turkey, Lebanon As Fears Over Coerced Returns Grow

The first Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return home under a new repatriation scheme will leave on Wednesday, but few in worn-down camps in the central Bekaa Valley said they would sign up. Rights…

24, Oct 2022
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US-Houthi ceasefire fuels Israeli fears of an Iran deal

09 May 2025

The Yemeni militant group is proving to be a stubborn adversary, and Trump doesn't want anything to detract from his visit to the Gulf next week, where he plans to make a 'big' announcement

Michael Horowitz
Opinion

Trading places: China and the US swap positions on free trade

10 May 2025

In an ironic twist, countries once accused of gaming the global system now insist that its rules be enforced. And the nation that led the way in writing the rules is now routinely ignoring them.

Khaled Kassar
Chairs and tables are‬‭ scattered at the site of a suspected militant‬ attack on tourists in Baisaran near Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district,‬ on April 24, 2025. Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP
Politics

How India and Pakistan can pull back from the brink

10 May 2025

Exaggerated claims of military success—amplified by the two countries' media—could help each side save face

Ravi Agrawal
22-year-old art degree graduate Karim Naamani Ibrahim Totanji
Culture & Social Affairs

Cinematheque Beirut gives Lebanon’s film community a space to thrive

10 May 2025

An archive in the capital preserves not just films but memory, offering hope and inspiration for a younger generation of filmmakers

Ibrahim Tutunji
Ewan White
Politics

Why Libya isn't the right model for Iran’s nuclear climbdown

08 May 2025

Israel wants the total dismantlement and scrapping of all Iranian nuclear facilities, just like in Libya two decades ago. That is unrealistic for several reasons.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy

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