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20 years since US invasion of Iraq

Fares Garabet 21 Mar 2023
Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881 - 1938, left), and Reza Shah (1879 - 1944), Shah of Persia, hold a historic meeting in Ankara, the new capital of Turkey, 1934. Getty Images
Documents & Memoirs

This day in history: Persia renamed ‘Iran’

Sami Moubayed 21 Mar 2023
Its strategic location at the entrance to the Bab al-Mandab Strait has incentivised various countries to establish military bases in the small African nation Eduardo Ramon

Why do so many foreign powers have military bases in Djibouti?

Its strategic location at the entrance to the Bab al-Mandab Strait has incentivised various countries to establish military bases in the small African nation

Al Majalla - London 21 Mar 2023
A man in Tehran holds a local newspaper reporting on its front page the China-brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore ties, signed in Beijing the previous day, on March, 11 2023. AFP

Will the Saudi-Iran deal reshuffle the regional security deck?

Three factors that limit optimism over the deal are Iran's radicals, China's unwillingness to play a more significant security role in the region and Israel's fear over Iran's nuclear programme 

Bilal Saab 21 Mar 2023
Nash Weerasekera

The Suez Canal: A lifeline to Egypt and crucial gateway for global trade

For 150 years, the narrow passageway has been at the heart of the world's maritime prosperity, but it could soon face competition

Khaled Kassar 20 Mar 2023
A member of the Syrian Kurdish Asayish security forces stands guard during an inspection of tents at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the  Hasakeh governorate. Supplied

Visit to IS camp stark reminder of hidden but ever-present terrorist threat

The terror group's greatest advantage lies in its "army in detention" in prisons (numbering 10,000 in Syria and 20,000 in Iraq

Charles Lister 20 Mar 2023
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Civilian deaths in Iraq since 2003 US invasion

Majalla 20 Mar 2023
Security institutions were purposely kept weak so as there would be no threat to the ruling parties, but this has led to widespread crime and terror Andrei Cojocaru

20 years after US invasion of Iraq, chaos and corruption reign

Security institutions were purposely kept weak so as there would be no threat to the ruling parties, but this has led to widespread crime and terror

Salam Zaidan 20 Mar 2023
UN Envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes says that civilians and the military have come to the realisation that they must talk to each other and cooperate to move the country forward JeRoen Murré

UN envoy to Sudan optimistic about transition to civilian rule

UN Envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes says that civilians and the military have come to the realisation that they must talk to each other and cooperate to move the country forward

Ibrahim Hamidi 19 Mar 2023
Al Majalla gives an in-depth overview of several vital waterways in the Middle East that are integral to international security and trade Nash Weerasekera

The invisible war in Middle East waterways

Al Majalla gives an in-depth overview of several vital waterways in the Middle East that are integral to international security and trade

Khaled Hamadeh 19 Mar 2023
Rabat wasted no time in issuing Eurobonds that attracted over $11 billion from banks, financial institutions, and sovereign funds from four continents. Shutterstock

Removal from FATF grey list boosts Moroccan economy and confidence

Recognition of the clean-up in Rabat's financial system has helped it back to international markets, and France worries Morocco could turn into a central finance hub and marginalise European banks

Mohamed Sharki 17 Mar 2023
Prose penned by Palestine's national poet has been used repeatedly since his death but commentators say this endangers its original purpose. NICOLA_FERRARESE

Claiming and reclaiming Mahmoud Darwish

Prose penned by Palestine's national poet has been used repeatedly since his death but commentators say this endangers its original purpose

Shadi Alaa Aldin 17 Mar 2023
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Movie "All quiet on the Western Front", directed by Lewis Milestone, sreenplay by Maxwell Anderson and George Abbott based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, produced by Carl Laemmle jr., Universal Pictures USA 1930. Getty Images
Culture & Social Affairs

World War I film wins Oscar in nod to Ukraine war

14 Mar 2023

War has long been a fixture of the cinema industry and it is no surprise that amid the Ukraine war, 'All Quiet on the Western Front' wins this prestigious awardrn

Mohammed Rouda
BBC TV presenter Gary Lineker prepares to broadcast inside the make-shift television studio ahead of the English FA Cup quarter-final football match. AFP
Politics

Sunak achievements overshadowed by Lineker controversy

14 Mar 2023

With the BBC agreeing on Lineker to return to work, Sunak hopes the issue will blow over. But this seems unlikely

Christopher Phillips
The iconic singer has touched the hearts and souls of Arabs throughout the region with her nostalgic songs about the glorious homelands that once were Andy Edwards
Culture & Social Affairs

Celebrating Fairuz, Lebanon’s ambassador to the stars

13 Mar 2023

The iconic singer has touched the hearts and souls of Arabs throughout the region with her nostalgic songs about the glorious homelands that once were

Mohamed abi Samra
After Syrians experienced the brutalities of war for more than a decade as the world stood by watching, earthquake survivors say they didn't expect help this time either Eduardo Ramon
Culture & Social Affairs

"We knew we would be left to die under the rubble"

12 Mar 2023

After Syrians experienced the brutalities of war for more than a decade as the world stood by watching, earthquake survivors say they didn't expect help this time either

Khaled Khalifa
This transformational development is part of the Kingdom's broad Vision 2030 reforms, which also support women's rights, a developed legislative system, and a renewed economic policy Julien Pacaud
Culture & Social Affairs

Saudi Arabia experiencing transformational development in the realm of philosophy

05 Mar 2023

This transformational development is part of the Kingdom's broad Vision 2030 reforms, which also support women's rights, a developed legislative system, and a renewed economic policy

Saad Almuharib

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