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Axel Rangel Garcia

Michel Issa: Trump’s trusted ambassador takes on Lebanon’s hardest file

The first US ambassador to Lebanon with Lebanese roots, Michel Issa has set his sights on Hezbollah's disarmament and restoring state authority

Thuraya Shahin 23 November 2025
Asaad al-Shaibani lead picture for part 2 Al Majalla

Asaad Shaibani: no deal with Israel without troop pullback

In the final part of a two-part interview with Al Majalla, Syria's foreign minister says the policy of having good relations with neighbours does not equate to acquiescence over land grabs

Ibrahim Hamidi 22 November 2025
Al Majalla's Editor-in-Chief Ibrahim Hamidi interviews Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on 13 November 2025. Axel Rangel Garcia

Asaad Shaibani on how Syria untangled its Russian knot

In Part 1 of a two-part interview with Al Majalla, Syria's foreign minister explains how the Assad regime fell and how President Ahmed al-Sharaa went from a wanted man to a world leader

Ibrahim Hamidi 21 November 2025
Al Majalla

From oil to AI: a century of Saudi-US partnership

The Saudi-US alliance is entering a new phase—one characterised by maturity, equilibrium, and a shared vision attuned to a world increasingly shaped by technology

Omar Harkous 18 November 2025
Donald Trump poses with his new special envoy to Iraq Mark Savaya Mark Savaya on X

Mark Savaya: is Trump's new envoy to Iraq up to the task?

He will be expected to play an active role in getting Iraq to disband armed factions, as pressure from Washington is expected to intensify

Aqeel Abbas 08 November 2025
Reuters /Al Majalla

Putin mulls next move amid latest sanctions wave

The US and EU are now trying to cripple Russia's energy exports in a bid to get it to agree to a Ukraine truce. But will it work?

Nazareth Seferian 03 November 2025
During their Oval Office meeting in September, President Donald Trump greeted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warmly, pulling out a chair for his guest and referring to Türkiye’s delegation as “too smart”. shutterstock_

Türkiye's intelligence prowess turns Trump's head

Türkiye has a long history of successful espionage and the development of the 'derin devlet' (deep state). The modern inheritors of this legacy have played a pivotal role in shifting how the US perce

Kamal Alam 31 October 2025
Photos of American writer Edgar Allan Poe and his family at his home museum in Baltimore.
 SAUL LOEB / AFP

The Poe Museum: honouring a legacy of literary greatness

The Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia, preserves the memory of Edgar Allan Poe—a writer whose life was as haunted and complex as his fiction

Osama Esber 20 October 2025
President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders establishing the  “Trump Gold Card” and introducing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas on September 19, 2025, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik / AFP

Trump's steep H-1B visa fees will do more harm than good

The president has slapped a one-off six-figure fee on visa petitions for specialist occupations seeking to work in the US. This will have huge repercussions for both industries and countries.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 28 September 2025
Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (C) reviews a military honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on January 31, 2019. GREG BAKER / AFP

Pivot to China? Gulf states mull options after Doha strike

Israel's attack in Qatar erodes Gulf states' trust in the US and serves as a stark reminder that they cannot depend on American security guarantees

Yang Xiaotong 13 September 2025
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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 5 October 2026. Turkish Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
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The Mecca Defence Alliance faces its first practical test

07, Oct 2026

Türkiye and Pakistan have stepped up to help Saudi Arabia after it came under attack from the Houthis. The trio's coordination comes at a crucial time

Kaswar Klasra
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Politics

After October 7: new faces, changing maps

08, Oct 2026

Al Majalla examines this changed landscape—from Israel's domestic political scene to its external ambitions, where it occupies large swathes of new territory in the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria

Al Majalla - London
The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea met in Alamein Egypt on 4 October to discuss regional tensions. Eritrea Ministry of Information via X
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Have Ethiopia's neighbours formed an alliance against it?

06, Oct 2026

The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea met in Alamein on Sunday, which some interpret as a formation of a loose security alliance aimed at influencing the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa

Amr Emam
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Why Europe’s gold is on the move

07, Oct 2026

Headlines have centred on the flight of bullion while commentators have speculated about the prompts. The reality is a little more nuanced

Abdulfattah Khattab
Culture & Social Affairs

The 9 Arab films vying for an Oscar

08, Oct 2026

From Gaza to Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Iraq, and Algeria, this year's Arab Oscar submissions explore stories of conflict, displacement, memory, and survival

Wael Said

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