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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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Frederic Hof: Israel-Syria peace is far off, but a truce is crucial

28 May 2025

The former US envoy to Damascus tells Al Majalla how to find a path to a lasting settlement and a new place in the Middle East, from his unique perspective and first-hand experience in Assad-era talks

Johaina Khaldieh
Opinion

The Israel-Houthi war achieves nothing and hurts both sides

28 May 2025

Killing Yemeni civilians further ruins Israel's global image. Meanwhile, the Houthis cannot defeat Israel militarily.

Anwar Al-Ansi
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

The history of tariffs is still being written

29 May 2025

A US federal court has blocked Trump's tariffs and ruled that the president doesn't have unilateral authority to impose them, dealing a major blow to his economic policy

Toufic Chanbour
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Taha
Culture & Social Affairs

Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha: Pulitzer Prize is a recognition of our story

26 May 2025

The US-based writer does not hold back in what he pens for American readers, nor is he censored. There is just one word that he is forbidden from using.

Houssam Marouf
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

It’s time to build a regional climate fund

27 May 2025

As global climate finance falters and US support disappears, the MENA region faces a widening funding gap. Now is the time to create a regional climate finance mechanism.

Léa Eid

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Syria and Israel: the cost of peace

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Israel and the 'New Syria'

Ibrahim Hamidi
Ibrahim Hamidi

Israel and Syria: an agenda for talks

Itamar Rabinovich
Itamar Rabinovich

It’s time for Syrian-Israeli dialogue

Ammar Abdulhamid
Ammar Abdulhamid
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