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Iranians chant slogans and wave national flags as they celebrate a ceasefire between Iran and Israel at Enghlab Square in the capital Tehran on June 24, 2025. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

Now that the guns have fallen silent, what next for Iran?

Wahid Abdel Maguid 27, Jun 2025
A worker inspects pipes at the Amal oil field in eastern Libya, October 7, 2011. Reuters
Business & Economy

The Israel-Iran war dealt another economic blow to North Africa

Kawthar Zantour 27, Jun 2025
In the September issue of Al Majalla, we take a deep dive into the US-Saudi negotiations with a wide array of articles and interviews that dissect the issue from various angles. Mona Eing & Michael Meissner

Saudi and Israel: Normalisation?

The American Big Deal: Nuclear, Defence, China, and Iran

Al Majalla - London 07, Sep 2023
Fighters ride in a vehicle moving in a military convoy accompanying the governor of Sudan's Darfur State during a stopover in the eastern city of Gedaref while on the way to Port Sudan on August 30, 2023. AFP

What does "victory" look like in Sudan's ongoing conflict?

Eradication of rebels? Removal of remnants of the old regime and the transfer of authority to civilians? History shows us that many proposed outcomes from either faction in the conflict seem unlikely.

Shawgi Abdelazim 07, Sep 2023
Tribal members in northwestern Syria have declared a general mobilization and are demanding the opening of roads to Deir ez-Zor. Getty Images

Recent flare-up shows why Deir ez-Zor is Syria's next flashpoint city

The arrest of a local leader has highlighted tensions over which groups are in control of a fragmented and war-torn land. More violence now looks likely as political faultines are revealed

Rustum Mahmud 07, Sep 2023
Diana Estefana Rubio

Syria earthquake: Economic impact to be felt for years to come

Seven months after the earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northwestern Syria — the area that suffered the most from marginalisation policies before the Syrian conflict — the heavy cost of the…

Al Majalla - London 05, Sep 2023
Druze militiamen of the pro-Syrian Progessive Socialist Party, on 28 April 1985 in the Christian village of Jiyeh, celebrate their victory over the rebel Christian militia of the LF, backed by Maronite Christian Kataeb.

The Mountain War in Lebanon: 40 years of lessons

The 40th anniversary of the Mountain War – a fierce military confrontation between the Druze and Maronites, two founding groups of modern Lebanon – teaches us the importance of letting go of the past.

Makram Rabah 05, Sep 2023
A new report highlights the huge economic costs of the quake which ate up a third of Syria's national 2022 GDP.  Also, 6,392 were killed and 170,000 were displaced. Mari Fouz

February's catastrophic earthquake cost Syria $5.85bn in economic losses

A new report highlights how the damage caused by the quake ate up a third of Syria's national 2022 GDP. Also, 6,392 people were killed and 170,000 displaced in the catastrophe.

Rabie Nasser 05, Sep 2023
The recent launch of the Asharq Documentary channel fills an important gap in Arab media. Al Majalla sheds light on the latest addition to SRMG's portfolio of leading regional media brands.

SRMG launches Asharq Documentary: Revisiting global issues from an Arab perspective

The recent launch of the Asharq Documentary channel fills an important gap in Arab media. Al Majalla sheds light on the latest addition to SRMG's portfolio of leading regional media brands.

Shadi Alaa Aldin 04, Sep 2023

Sudan's deadly war enters sixth month

Fares Garabet 04, Sep 2023
A handout image posted on the Sudanese Armed Forces's Facebook page on August 31, 2023, shows army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan gesturing as he walks among other army members during a tour of a neighbourhood in Port Sudan. AFP

Lifting the curtain on al-Burhan's departure from Khartoum. What now for Sudan?

Sudan's de facto leader appeared in public to refute links with Islamists and an international deal to get him out of the capital. The priority now should be UN help for a proper peace process.

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 04, Sep 2023
A Kurdish teacher teaches during a class at the Musa Bin Nusayr school in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, on January 31, 2016. AFP

A look at northeast Syria's exceptional and diverse education system

The educational system in northeastern Syria is independent of other Syrian regions, which are controlled by the Syrian regime or its opposition forces. Its focus is linguistic and cultural diversity.

Rustum Mahmud 03, Sep 2023
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Politics

Shaky Israel-Iran ceasefire points to unfinished business

24 June 2025

What Trump has dubbed the '12-Day War' could be just the opening salvo of a much longer conflict

Michael Horowitz
Emergency workers check the damage caused to a building from an Iranian missile strike in Beersheba in southern Israel on June 24, 2025. John Wessels / AFP
Business & Economy

Counting the cost of the Israel-Iran war

24 June 2025

The recent Israel-Iran war is not just a regional flashpoint; it is a mirror reflecting the fragility and interdependence of the modern global economy

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Attacks on Iran make a nuclear bomb more likely

20 June 2025

Iran's nuclear programme is damaged, but its determination is heightened

Eric Brewer
Opinion

Israeli and Iranian claims of victory ring hollow

25 June 2025

Netanyahu did not realise his goal of ending Iran's nuclear programme and regime change, and Iran stood alone in its war with Israel, as global and regional allies left it to fend for itself

Houssam Itani
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranians on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (portrait), in Tehran on June 4, 2025. KHAMENEI.IR / AFP
Profiles

Ali Khamenei: the guardian of Iran's strategic patience doctrine

21 June 2025

For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone

Arash Azizi

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