In a region where wider geopolitical change is taking hold, speculation about the depth and purpose of Moscow's ties with Khartoum has deepened throughout the civil war. Al Majalla explains.

A stuttering post-pandemic economy in Morocco has led to high unemployment, especially among graduates leaving an education system which needs to better equip them for an evolving labour market

As the move away from oil dependence changes the financial priorities of donor nations – they are becoming investors instead of writing blank cheques

In 1961, a coup in Syria effectively ended the UAR; in 1970, Abdel Nasser died, and in 2000, Ariel Sharon entered the Al Aqsa mosque, compound sparking the second intifada.

A stubborn lack of international recognition for the Turkish Republic in the island's north has held it back for decades. This is its story – and it shows that it is high time for change.

An attack on an airport, bombings in the mountains, and Iran's threat of a ground invasion have led the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to tread carefully between its neighbours. Al Majalla explains.

The SDF commander rejects demands to disband his forces and tells Al Majalla in an exclusive interview that US-Russian tension east of the Euphrates is 'under control'

Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa recalls the joy that bulgur season used to bring to his village in Syria. Now the simple pleasure is disappearing from households as a harrowing consequence of war.

Decades after his death, contradicting testimonies over events that transpired when Abdel Hakim Amer supposedly took his own life have surfaced. Al Majalla explores these different accounts.

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