The drug trade is bankrolling the Damascus government through an illicit trade valued at around $57bn. Al Majalla explains why it started and how it's shaping Syrian society.

As the global community apprehensively watches the escalating rhetoric between Israel and Iran, the risk of direct confrontation between the two countries increasingly rises. This will have…

Its central location has made it a crucial hub. Today, Iraq not only trafficks drugs but produces them, and 60% of its citizens are now users. Unemployment and corruption have fuelled the problem.

Israel's UNRWA ban further cements its disregard for the world governing body and its resolutions. Like apartheid South Africa, Israel should be suspended from the General Assembly.

Zinaida Serebriakova's critically acclaimed work captured light, colour and life in a vivid celebration of place and helped redefine her famous career

From the World Wars to the Nakba and the two Intifadas, Al Majalla explains why some names stuck and others did not.

Criminal enterprise in the country is not new, but the past decade's unstable landscape has created the perfect conditions for it to flourish. Al Majalla explains how Syria became a drug lord.

A prevalence of cheap drugs, a lack of awareness, and an inability to detect problems at an early stage are just some of the factors that have created a perfect storm

Jordan's foreign minister says "ethnic cleansing" is unfolding in the north of Gaza, telling Blinken "it has got to stop". Is Israel implementing 'The Generals' Plan'?

Shiites have always been an integral part of Lebanese society, holding government posts since its first government was formed in 1926, with feelings of "victimisation" only surfacing in the 1960s