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Egyptian army special forces soldiers deploy near the gate of the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in eastern North Sinai province on 20 October 2023. KEROLOS SALAH / AFP
Politics

Egypt's participation in Gaza stabilisation force comes with risk

Amr Emam 15 June 2026
Luigi Di Maio, EU Special Representative for the Gulf region, speaks to reporters in Kuwait City on 29 March 2026. YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP
Politics

Luigi Di Maio on Europe's role in boosting Gulf security

Ahmed Maher 15 June 2026
Palestinians mourn the death of loved ones following Israeli bombardment in the southern Gaza Strip on December 5, 2023, outside a hospital in Khan Younis. AFP

No regional war over Gaza but everyone still loses

The Gaza war probably will not cause a huge regional conflagration but instead will weaken all the major actors.

Robert Ford 16 January 2024

Houthis face Western might over Red Sea attacks

Fares Garabet 15 January 2024
Image of the first and last page of the draft Memorandum of Strategic Understanding signed by Al-Assad and Raisi Supplied

Syria and Iran strengthen already-close ties through new agreement

Al Majalla translates official Iranian documents leaked by an opposition hacker group detailing a host of agreements between Damascus and Tehran.

Al Majalla 15 January 2024
From peasant talk and Euphrates clay to late-night cigar smoking in Rome, and later-life doctor’s appointments, Al Majalla explores Iraqi artist Jaber Alwan's life and works Irene Blasco

Iraqi painter Jaber Alwan: A life as rich and vibrant as his art

From peasant talk and Euphrates clay to late-night cigar smoking in Rome, and later-life doctor's appointments, Al Majalla explores his life and works

Ibrahim Haj Abdi 14 January 2024
A Palestinian man reacts as he holds the remains of his mother wrapped in a blanket amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike on the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on November 2, 2023. AFP

Israel's war on Gaza: 100 days of death and destruction

According to UNOCHA, Israel has killed 23,074 Palestinians including 10,000 children in Gaza, between 7 October 23 and 7 January 24, an average of 250.8 per day

Elie Kossaifi 14 January 2024
US President Harry Truman (left) with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in the Oval Office on May 8, 1951. AP

Examining the evolution of US-Israeli relations

Israel's interests, particularly in displacing Palestinians and annexing their land, are at odds with America's interests which require peace in the Middle East

Hesham Alghannam 13 January 2024
Israel's Legal Counselor Tal Becker, lawyer Malcolm Shaw, and Gilad Noam, Deputy Attorney-General attend the ICJ prior to the hearing on the genocide case against Israel in The Hague on January 11, 2024. AFP

Composition of Israeli defence team at ICJ shows it takes genocide case seriously

South Africa has accused Israel of attempting to carry out a genocide in Gaza in a case that has received wide global backing

Michael Horowitz 12 January 2024
Syrian writer Khalida Saeeda recalls a strange encounter she experienced during Lebanon's civil war, where a moment of panic revealed one man's true nature. Marian Moratinos

The day a bird saved me

A Syrian writer recalls a strange encounter she experienced during Lebanon's civil war, where a moment of panic revealed one man's true nature

Khalida Saeed 12 January 2024
A view shows the bridge of HMS Diamond, seen here firing her Sea Viper missiles in the Red Sea on January 10, 2024. Reuters

US options to counter Houthi threat to global shipping

Overnight US and UK strikes on Thursday delivered a strong message to the Houthis: their attacks on global shipping in the Red Sea will not go unpunished

Bilal Saab 11 January 2024
In a document of over 80 pages – which makes for very grim reading – an exhaustive legal case compiled by South Africa is elaborated against Israel’s vicious behaviour. Sara Gironi Carnevale

UN court hears South Africa genocide case against Israel

In a document of over 80 pages – which makes for very grim reading – an exhaustive legal case compiled by South Africa and presented to the ICJ is elaborated against Israel's vicious war on Gaza.

Bryn Haworth 11 January 2024
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The World Cup has always been a pitch for global politics

08 June 2026

From Hitler and Mussolini to South American dictators, world leaders have long seen in football's biggest tournament an opportunity to further an agenda

Mohamed Qutob
Olga Aleksandrova
Science & Technology

2026 World Cup: football in the age of AI

09 June 2026

From 3D players to data-transmitting balls, the sport's biggest tournament is awash with technology to help with everything from offside decisions to viewer angles, but does this come at a cost?

Marco Mossad
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Politics

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
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 centred on the world's most coveted sport

Wael Said

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