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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan addresses an Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting at the organisation's headquarters in Cairo on September 10, 2024. Khaled Desouki / AFP

Syria-Turkey normalisation has a long way to go

Even though it would be good for the region and efforts toward resetting ties have regional and international backing, major challenges and even non-starters are blocking the path to rapprochement

Omer Onhon 16 September 2024
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (L) shake hands after signing an agreement in Ankara on 4 September 2024. AFP

El-Sisi's Turkey visit shows relations steadily improving

Since 2020, Cairo and Ankara have been working to repair strained relations. The signing of 17 agreements brings promise of better ties, which could help calm simmering regional tensions.

Omer Onhon 05 September 2024
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (L) with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on March 5, 2024. Adem Altan/AFP

Abbas's Netanyahu-esque address to Turkey's parliament

The Palestinian Authority president will meet Turkey's president who supports Abbas's rivals, representatives of whom may conveniently be in Ankara at the same time. Is this PR, or time to talk?

Omer Onhon 13 August 2024
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been critical of Israel's war in Gaza Getty Images

The rattling of sabres between Israel and Turkey grows louder

After Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's recent comments about military action, the two states seem to have hit a new nadir. Yet it wasn't always so, and some suggest there is no fire with the smoke

Omer Onhon 31 July 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) in 2023. Russia has been mediating between Turkey and Syria. Mikhail Klimentyev/Reuters

First signs of a thaw? Russia nudges Erdoğan and Assad closer

The Turkish and Syrian presidents have not cared for one another in recent years. With Turkish soldiers on Syrian land, one has the upper hand. If pre-conditions can be ditched, will the leaders meet?

Omer Onhon 16 July 2024
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on June 26, 2024, shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) meeting with the Russian President's special envoy to Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, in Damascus. SANA/AFP

Softened stances help grease the path to Turkey-Syria normalisation

Turkish and Syrian security officials are rumoured to have recently met at Latakia's Hmeimim air base under Russian auspices, where some cooperation agreements were reached

Omer Onhon 28 June 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan during a meeting in Moscow, Russia June 11, 2024. Mikhail Metzel/Reuters

Snub or strategy? Turkey toys with the idea of joining BRICS

Visits to Beijing and Moscow from President Erdoğan's chief emissary suggest either that Turkey is bluffing, or that it may soon be the first NATO member to join a group dominated by Russia and China.

Omer Onhon 12 June 2024
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shakes hands with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi at the end of their joint press conference in Ankara on January 24, 2024. ADEM ALTAN / AFP

Turkey and Iran: A close yet competitive relationship

Turkey's search efforts after a helicopter crash killed Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi last week shed light on cooperative yet sensitive relations

Omer Onhon 25 May 2024
Erdoğan's efforts to tame rampant inflation have only scratched the surface of its economic problems, which require deeper and more sustainable reform. So far, that appears unattainable. Ewan White

Does Erdoğan have a magic fix for Turkey's economic slump?

The president's efforts to tame rampant inflation have only scratched the surface of its economic problems, which require deeper and more sustainable reform. So far, that appears unattainable.

Sharif Mohammad 13 May 2024
Axel Rangel Garcia

Turkish writer Defne Suman on her connection to Istanbul past

In an interview with Al Majalla, the Istanbul-born author of 'The Circle' reveals how and where she writes, what has inspired her to capture tales of memory and minorities and what she is doing next

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 11 May 2024
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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 the former army general's 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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