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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
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Networked Middle East security

Bilal Saab 27 August 2026
The battle for Hormuz is a test of wills
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The battle for Hormuz is a test of wills

Fares Garabet 24 August 2026
Former non-proliferation official Robert Einhorn AFP

Confusion reigns after Trump’s US-Saudi nuclear condition

Nuclear expert Robert Einhorn tells Al Majalla that the US President approved the agreement a week before it was formally signed, then added a condition after signature, leaving diplomats stumped

Al Majalla - London 31 July 2026
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has some manoeuvring to do after its main ally, the United States, signed a deal that could allow uranium enrichment in Saudi Arabia. Michelle Thompson

Washington’s Saudi nuclear deal tests Israel’s prime minister

Benjamin Netanyahu has kept conspicuously quiet about a US-Saudi nuclear partnership that could allow enrichment in the Gulf. How he handles it could impact Israel's upcoming election

Michael Horowitz 31 July 2026
Al Majalla

Iran’s nuclear fortress in America’s crosshairs

An enrichment complex buried deep in a mountain south of Tehran could be beyond the reach of the world's most powerful bunker-buster bombs

Al Majalla - London 28 July 2026
The future site of the city Neom before development begins in the Tabuk Province of north-western Saudi Arabia, on December 18, 2019. Reuters

Geopolitics reshapes the Saudi tourism industry

Lower oil prices, less tourists, and an over-reliance on state funding has led to some of the biggest tourism development projects being paused until private capital is secured

Alice Gower 25 July 2026
US Vice President JD Vance represents a change in thinking on the American right, with implications for Israel and Iran. Eoin Ryan

The Vance Doctrine

His thoughts on Israel and Iran

Al Majalla - London 24 July 2026

From sanctions to investment: what could Iran gain from a deal?

US Vice-President JD Vance has been leading talks with Iran but criticised pro-Israel lawmakers for claiming that the US would have to pay $300bn to rebuild the country. So, what's the deal?

Al Majalla - London 24 July 2026
Fares Garabet

Iran's strategists have developed a cunning new plan

Fares Garabet 23 July 2026
Fares Garabet

Iran's latest Supreme Leader takes his place in the pantheon

Fares Garabet 20 July 2026
A Houthi supporter carries a rifle as he demonstrates against airstrikes on Sanaa International Airport in Yemen on July 13, 2026. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

Iran’s Sanaa flights test Yemen’s sovereignty and patience

After collecting a Houthi delegation from the Yemeni capital to take them to Iran for the funeral of Ali Khamenei, the Saudi-led coalition bombed the runway ahead of the Iranian plane's return

Anwar Al-Ansi 20 July 2026
AI has changed things by introducing concentrated, volatile, large-scale loads that carry big implications for the electricity grid. Eduardo Ramon

Why AI is forcing a reassessment of the electricity sector

Traditional large electricity customers' requirements have tended to match utilities' capacities, but the enormous data centres on which the AI era is being built are redefining demand

Jessica Obeid 18 July 2026
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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
Noelia de Alda
Politics

How Gaza turned US public opinion against Israel

30 August 2026

Supporting Israel used to help politicians get elected, but with Americans far more critical of Tel Aviv's influence on US policy, it has now become a liability at the ballot box

Assal Rad
Axel Rangel Garcia
Science & Technology

How QR codes are reshaping the future of commerce

28 August 2026

The barcode has been the language of retail for more than half a century. Now, two-dimensional codes are giving products a new digital identity

Mohammed Mansour
Motorists drive past a billboard in Tehran depicting Trump drowning in the Strait of Hormuz on 24 August 2026. AFP
Politics

The US is learning the wrong lessons in Iran

25 August 2026

Tactical excellence can never salvage strategic incompetence

Bret Devereaux
Axel Rangel Garcia
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The artist who used land to capture Palestinian identity

27 August 2026

Sliman Mansour, the renowned Palestinian painter who used clay from his land to make his works after deciding to boycott art materials produced by Israel, has died at the age of 79

Farouk Yousif

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