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US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pose for a picture at the White House in Washington, DC, US on 18 November 2025. REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak
Politics

Saudi Arabia, the US, and the renewal of partnership

Al Majalla - London 18 November 2025
From oil to AI: a century of Saudi-US partnership shutterstock
Business & Economy

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

Omar Harkous 18 November 2025
An Iranian 5,000 Rial note. Sky-high inflation is still causing lots of problems, despite growth figures being buoyed by oil. Shutterstock

Tehran's press mourns Iran's economy... with worse to come

High inflation and low productivity are but two of the concerns being voiced by Iranian media outlets about the state of the country's economy, as it enters a new year.

Hanan Azizi 02 April 2024
The US claims to champion the rules-based international system, but doing so requires that all states be held accountable for their actions - even allies. Lina Jaradat

The US is destroying the international system along with Gaza

It is time to act or to reassess the institutions—and the governments—that make international humanitarian laws futile

Assal Rad 02 April 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Cyber security in the Middle East by threats and revenue

Cyber threats are continually developing in sophistication and impact, despite the advances in cyber-security technologies and practice.Cyber crime has evolved into well-organised networks with…

Al Majalla - London 02 April 2024
Emergency personnel extinguish a fire at the site of strikes which hit a building next to the Iranian embassy in Damascus on 1 April 2024. AFP

The last red line: Iran consulate strike shows the gloves are off

Israel targets Iranian sovereign territory and wipes out some of the Islamic Republic's most senior generals, virtually guaranteeing a response. The nature of that response will reveal a lot.

Charles Lister 01 April 2024
A woman reacts as she inspects damages at Al Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces withdrew. Reuters

An Arab perspective on the Gaza War after six months of conflict

Israel's friends are falling away, its army cannot claim victory, its major ally is losing patience, and its diplomatic isolation has never been so stark. For Arab states, the time is now.

Hesham Alghannam 01 April 2024
Opposition CHP supporters celebrate as it emerges that the Party has defeated the ruling AK Party in local elections across the country. AFP

Erdoğan’s AKP Party limps out of local elections in second

Voters in Turkey's cities and provinces delivered their verdict on the current government by handing the opposition a seismic victory. The country's president now has four years to fix its problems.

Omer Onhon 01 April 2024
Saad Yakan

Saad Yakan: I am pessimistic about the future of humanity

Al Majalla speaks to the artist from Aleppo, who says Syria's civil war has dimmed his hope for the future but that painting the ocean helps calm his anxiety

Hoda Salim Al-Muhithawi 01 April 2024
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield votes abstain during a vote on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during a United Nations Security Council meeting on 25 March, 2024. AFP

Why the US abstention in Gaza ceasefire vote matters

While critics say the move was only for optics and doesn't signal a shift in US support for Israel, it is yet another sign of its increasing global isolation

Con Coughlin 01 April 2024

Palestinians in Gaza are caged and starving

Fares Garabet 01 April 2024
Israel claims to have killed Marwan Issa, the second most wanted man in Hamas, who is believed to be one of the masterminds of the 7 October attacks. Axel Rangel Garcia

Marwan Issa: The 'shadow man' of Hamas

Israel claims to have killed the second most wanted man in Hamas, who is believed to be one of the masterminds of the 7 October attacks

Salem Al Rayyes 31 March 2024
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US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman exchange a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during a ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 May 2025. REUTERS / Brian Snyder
Politics

US-Saudi ties are the cornerstone of Trump’s Mideast policy

14 November 2025

When Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the White House to meet with US President Donald Trump on 18 November, there will be no shortage of issues for the two leaders to discuss

Brian Katulis
This handout photograph released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on 10 November 2025, shows US President Donald Trump (L) shaking hands with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House in Washington DC. SANA / AFP
Politics

Syria-US rapprochement sees cooperation surge

13 November 2025

Since Trump began lifting sanctions in May, no time has been wasted. US investment delegations have been flocking to Damascus, and security cooperation has already started.

Charles Lister
Sara Padovan
Politics

Is support for Israel becoming toxic at the ballot box? 

11 November 2025

As Americans rethink the moral—and strategic—calculus of US support for Israel, politicians are scrambling to keep pace

Alfred J. Naddaff
Ewan White
Politics

How Trump reshaped the world

03 November 2025

Al Majalla examines key developments in the US and across the globe less than a year into Trump's second presidential term

Al Majalla - London
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Israel's Olive War aims to uproot more than just trees

09 November 2025

The olive tree is no longer just a source of sustenance for West Bank Palestinians, but a silent witness to their profound struggle between permanence and erasure

Mohammed Najib

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