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Why is Iran targeting Kuwait and Bahrain? Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Why is Iran targeting Kuwait and Bahrain?

Al Majalla - London 10 June 2026
This handout satellite image, courtesy of Vantor, shows damage following a drone attack on a high-rise apartment building in Bahrain's capital Manama on 2 March 2026. SATELLITE IMAGE ©2026 VANTOR / AFP
Politics

The Gulf and Iran: two models that seem irreconcilable

Nawaf al-Yassin 10 June 2026
The novel's publisher, Rana Idris, received the award on behalf of Bassem Khandakji, alongside his brother Yousef.

Basim Khandaqji wins top Arabic literary award from behind prison bars

The jailed Palestinian author won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his book, 'A Mask, the Colour of the Sky', which tells the story of a Palestinian man who finds and uses an Israeli ID

Ibrahim Adel 30 April 2024
Morocco's phosphate resources are a key ingredient in the fertilisers that can help increase food production around the world. Andrei Cojocaru

Morocco capitalises on its vast phosphate reserves

Phosphates will be vital for global food security, and Morocco, which straddles key maritime trade routes, is home to three-quarters of the world's supply

Mohamed Sharki 29 April 2024

Israel stifles Gaza humanitarian aid efforts

Fares Garabet 29 April 2024
Axel Rangel Garcia/Majalla

Feeling lost in Jerusalem? It’s called Palestinian self-demolitions

Five decades of demolition of Palestinian houses in occupied East Jerusalem

Ahmed Maher 26 April 2024
Israeli soldiers of the Jewish Ultra-Orthodox battalion "Netzah Yehuda" hold morning prayers as they take part in their annual unit training in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, near the Syrian border on May 19, 2014. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP

Israel fears US sanctions on army battalion could open the floodgates

Israel fears that such action—if taken in Washington—could then be taken by other Israeli allies, whether against Netzah Yehuda or any other military unit

Sherine Younes 26 April 2024

Israel's war on Gaza passes 200-day mark

Fares Garabet 25 April 2024
Hamas supporters carry a portrait of Muslim Brotherhood founder Sheikh Hassan al-Banna while celebrating the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Hamas Islamist movement on 14 December 2012 in the West Bank city of Tulkarem. AFP

The Muslim Brotherhood and nostalgia for the caliphate

An unrealistic idea lures young people into seeking refuge in the illusions of the past to escape the cruelty of the present

Abdullah F. Alrebh 25 April 2024
A member of Iraq's PMF stands in front of the wreckage of the car in which Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (L) and IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani were assassinated on Jan 2, 2023 to mark the third anniversary of their killing. AFP

Will Israel temper its war on Iran's regional proxies?

It remains to be seen if, going forward, Israeli strikes on Hezbollah in Syria or Lebanon—or against the PMF in Iraq—will elicit a direct Iranian response. Time will tell.

David Schenker 24 April 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

What’s in the $95bn foreign aid package passed in the House?

The US House of Representatives passed on Saturday a $95bn legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan over objections from a number of Republicans.The legislation…

Al Majalla - London 23 April 2024
Iran and Israel are making careful calculations—at least for now—but the conflict is changing, as are the political dynamics at work in dangerous times Al Majalla

Shadow war no more: How will the new Iran-Israel power dynamic affect the region?

The two sides are making careful calculations—at least for now—but the conflict is changing, as are the political dynamics at work in dangerous times

Khattar Abu Diab 23 April 2024
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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
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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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