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A plume of smoke rises after a reported Iranian strike on fuel tanks in Muharraq, Bahrain, on 12 March 2026. FADHEL MADHAN / AFP
Politics

Why Bahrain has long been in Iran's crosshairs

Hasan Alhasan 11 June 2026
Why is Iran targeting Kuwait and Bahrain? Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Why is Iran targeting Kuwait and Bahrain?

Al Majalla - London 10 June 2026
Albane Simon

The victory that wasn't: Netanyahu and the Iran war

With Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas still standing, it appears that Netanyahu oversold the possibility of total victory. His damaged credibility leaves him with far less wiggle room in his next move.

Michael Horowitz 07 June 2026
Sara Ishaq arrives T THE 86th Annual Academy Awards Oscar Week Celebrates Documentaries at AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater on 26 February 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. VALERIE MACON /AFP

Cannes pick 'The Station': Yemeni sorority at its best

In an interview with Al Majalla, Oscar-nominated director Sara Ishaq dives into gripping human stories where women hold the line in war-torn Yemen

Leila Amar 07 June 2026
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (centre), his military secretary Roman Gofman (left) and Likud MK Boaz Bismuth attend a meeting in Jerusalem on 5 February 2026. Knesset Office

Roman Gofman: Israel's new Netanyahu-friendly Mossad chief

One by one, critics of the Israeli prime minister's security approach in the region are being replaced by yes men

Kamal Alam 06 June 2026

Al Majalla's Book Watch

A tour of the latest releases from Arabic publishing houses, with a focus this week on the topic of philosophy and ethics

Khodr Al Agha 05 June 2026
Andy Potts

The escalating nuclear arms race

Trump's allies and rivals seek new deterrence

Al Majalla - London 04 June 2026

Netanyahu's attempts to derail US-Iran talks

Fares Garabet 04 June 2026
Units of Moqtada Sadr's militia parade with his photo down a main street of the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City June 21, 2014, in Eastern Baghdad. Washington Post

Sadr once again dismantles his armed militia. Why now?

The decision to dismantle the Peace Brigades may herald a new stage in the Iraqi state's trajectory, or it could just be a shrewd recalibration to disorient friend and foe alike

Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi 03 June 2026
In his novel 'Haha... Cough Cough... I Miraculously Survived', Sudanese novelist Mustafa Khalid Mustafa portrays war as a complex human experience.

Mustafa Khalid's latest novel distills the chaos of war

In his award-winning novel 'Haha... Cough Cough... I Miraculously Survived,' six narrators give different yet intersecting accounts of Sudan's nightmarish conflict

Mansour Al-Souaim 03 June 2026
Turkish drilling vessel Cagri Bey, which is set to conduct Turkiye's first deep-sea drilling operation docks in the Indian Ocean near the Mogadishu sea port in Mogadishu, Somalia April 10, 2026. Reuters / Feisal Omar

Türkiye’s proposed maritime bill risks reigniting old rivalries

The Exclusive Economic Zone risks reopening disputes over energy, maritime claims, and influence in the Eastern Mediterranean

Amr Emam 01 June 2026
Moroccan scholar Mustapha Rajwan

Mustapha Rajwan: the greatest service to a text is to interpret it

The Moroccan scholar has just won another award for his latest book. He spoke to Al Majalla about plots, characters, and the rhetoric of narrative.

Abeer Younis 01 June 2026
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Trump started a war he can’t control

09 June 2026

Netanyahu continues to defy calls from Washington to pump the brakes on Israel's offensive in Lebanon, something Iran has linked to a future peace deal

John Haltiwanger
Pete Reynolds
Business & Economy

Has FIFA oversold the World Cup's economic promise? 

04 June 2026

Days before kick-off, ambitious economic projections for the FIFA 2026 World Cup are colliding with weaker-than-expected demand in the hospitality sector

Abdulfattah Khattab
Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Why is Iran targeting Kuwait and Bahrain?

10 June 2026

While it could be tied to military calculations related to the current US-Iran war, it also reflects a deeper struggle between two opposing regional visions

Al Majalla - London
Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla’s Film Watch: football on the big screen

11 June 2026

We highlight some of the most notable movies on the world's most coveted sport

Wael Said
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a rare visit by the Chinese president to North Korea on 8 June, 2026. AFP
Politics

China looks to boost North Korea ties with an eye on Russia

10 June 2026

China understands that North Korea is no longer the besieged ally with no gateway other than Beijing, and that leaving the field entirely open to Russia carries a mounting strategic cost

Charbel Barakat

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