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Anti-war protesters hold placards during a demonstration against Russia's invasion of Ukraine in front of the Nato headquarters in Brussels on March 16, 2022, as Nato Defence Ministers hold a meeting over the war in Ukraine. AFP

Can Western unity survive the new multipolar world?

In the multipolar world, alliances are more fluid and flexible, allowing states to court several global powers at once

Christopher Phillips 20 May 2023
Crimean Tartar women and their children walk near the train station after disembarking from a train as they arrive from Simferopol to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on March 7, 2014. AFP

Crimea attacked as Tatars prepare to retake their homeland

Tatars have long suffered persecution including the mass deportation of hundreds of thousands under USSR leader Joseph Stalin

Shelly Kittleson 22 March 2023
Banner displayed in central Kyiv, Ukraine.Feb. 25, 2023. Shelly Kittleson

Bakhmut holds as battle heats up amid fog and mud

Experts warn that Russian forces may soon either take over or encircle the small city

Shelly Kittleson 09 March 2023
The town of Bucha near Kyiv one year after a massacre. Feb. 22, 2023. Shelly Kittleson

Haunted by atrocities, Bucha survivors slowly start to rebuild

Al Majalla talks to people in city near Kyiv who recall painful memories of last year's Russian invasion

Shelly Kittleson 05 March 2023
A Muslim Ukrainian Quran instructor teaches another man after Friday prayers. Feb. 24, 2023. Shelly Kittleson

Why Muslims in Ukraine and abroad are fighting Russia

On the ground in Kyiv, Al Majalla speaks to Ukrainian Muslims who have an axe to grind with Moscow

Shelly Kittleson 04 March 2023
While Putin believed he could win the war in a matter of weeks, Ukraine has proved to be a formidable opponent with powerful backers. Luca D’Urbino

One year on, Russia-Ukraine war turns into test of resolve

While Putin believed he could win the war in a matter of weeks, Ukraine has proved to be a formidable opponent with powerful backers

Con Coughlin 24 February 2023
On the road between the town of Bucha and Kyiv, Ukraine. Shelly Kittleson

One year on, Ukraine sets its sights on the south

If Ukraine were to take Crimea, other areas currently under Russian control in the eastern part of the country might follow

Shelly Kittleson 24 February 2023
41 year-old Halyna Voitiuk, holding an Ukrainian flag mourns with relatives and friends during the funeral of her husband Oleh Voitiuk, in Lviv cemetery. AP

In Lviv, residents worry that those who fled Ukraine war will never come back

Ukraine pleads for more weapons ahead of spring operations

Shelly Kittleson 24 February 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 February 2023
British wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, left, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, center, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin sit in the grounds of the Livadia Palace, Yalta. Getty Images

There is hope now for Ukraine in how Yalta helped end World War II

Today’s world needs many things. One of them may well be another Yalta conference. The resort city on the south coast of the Crimea is famous for helping end World War II. It hosted an…

Sami Moubayed 22 February 2023
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Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R) and Deputy Foreign Minister and chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi react as they listen to President Hassan Rouhani (unseen) speaking during a press conference in Tehran on 3 April 2015 ATTA KENARE / AFP
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Zarif’s peace gambit meets Tehran’s limits

15 April 2026

Tehran can likely contemplate a deal, but it is far less clear that it can yet imagine lasting peace

Alex Vatanka
Julian D. Paulsen
Business & Economy

Tight squeeze: economic effects of Iran war linger despite truce

13 April 2026

A two-week truce has sparked a cautious market rebound, but deep anxiety persists over renewed escalation and its impact on global growth and inflation

Abdulfattah Khattab
Jared Kushner and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif interact in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 11 April 2026. Jacquelyn Martin/ REUTERS
Politics

‘Kushner and Witkoff spoiled the US-Iran talks’

13 April 2026

Sources tell Al Majalla that Iran was able to build a rapport with US Vice President JD Vance in Islamabad, but sensed his hands were tied in the presence of Trump's son-in-law and close friend

Kamal Alam
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The Iran war exposed the fragility of Europe’s economy

15 April 2026

Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and rising energy prices are exposing the structural vulnerabilities of Europe's economy

Mohamed Sharki
Opinion

Lebanon’s Shiites are fighting a two-front war

15 April 2026

The first is on the border against Israel, which seeks to seize their land and drive them northwards; the second is within Lebanon itself, against a state that seeks to marginalise them

Houssam Itani

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