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Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade

Alex Vatanka 27 April 2026
Assad to be tried in absentia
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Assad to be tried in absentia

Fares Garabet 26 April 2026
An aerial view shows the massive damage at Beirut port's grain silos and the area around it on August 5, 2020, one day after a massive explosion hit the heart of the Lebanese capital. AFP

The catastrophic port blast that shattered Lebanese hearts and hope

Three years ago, Beirut was rocked by a catastrophic explosion. Much of it has been cleaned up, but investigations into it have been silenced and a public outcry ignored.

Mohamed abi Samra 03 August 2023
A Russian fighter plane flying close to a US MQ-9 Reaper drone before deploying flares from a position directly over the drone on July 23, 2023, damaging its propeller. AFP

Deterring Russia's horizontal escalation in Syria

Moscow has interpreted recent US policy decisions to mean that it cares little about its Syria policy and that the time is ripe to push American forces out. Here is what Washington can do about it.

Andrew Tabler 03 August 2023
Palestinian actors perform in the play "Suicide Note from Palestine” directed by Nabil Al-Raee on April 4, 2013 at The Freedom Theatre in the refugee camp of the West Bank city of Jenin. SAIF DAHLAH / AFP

Jenin's Freedom Theatre rises from the ashes of Israel's brutal assault

The Freedom Theatre, once a cultural oasis in Jenin dedicated to the celebration of life, turned into a dungeon of terror, murder and death overnight. But renovations are already underway.

Houssam Marouf 03 August 2023
Saddam's invasion of Kuwait disrupted economic development domestically and regionally. Ewan White

How Iraq's invasion of Kuwait dealt a lasting economic blow to the region

The human cost and development disasters caused by the August invasion in 1990 remain after Kuwait became hooked on high public spending to recover. Financial and economic reform is needed.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 02 August 2023
An ageing Europe needs young, skilled workers, drawing thousands toward perilous voyages which all too often end in tragedy. There is a better way. Nicola Ferrarese

Dark side of migration exposed as more die in pursuit of European dream

An ageing Europe needs young, skilled workers, drawing thousands toward perilous voyages which all too often end in tragedy. There is a better way.

Mohamed Sharki 02 August 2023
In an exclusive interview with Al Majalla, Ümit Özdağ reveals his plans to solve the refugee 'problem' as well as his intention to run in the next elections. Al Majalla

Ümit Özdağ: Syrian refugees pose 'existential' threat to Turkey

In an exclusive interview with Al Majalla, the key Turkish opposition figure reveals his plans to solve the refugee 'problem' as well as his intention to run in the next elections.

Ibrahim Hamidi 01 August 2023
Lebanon's outgoing central bank governor Riad Salameh. Reuters

Salameh gives farewell interview steeped in contradictions

Lebanon's central bank governor leaves office after three decades, leaving depositors and the fate of their life savings in the hands of a crude ruling elite

Toufic Chanbour 31 July 2023
Eduardo Ramon

Nizar Qabbani's poetic legacy garners greater appreciation in an increasingly superficial world

On the centenary of his birth, Al Majalla takes a look at his immense contribution as the world he belonged to, and helped shape, no longer seems to exist

Shadi Alaa Aldin 30 July 2023
Experts stress the need to abandon traditional methods of forest management in exchange for sustainable management and an integrated early warning system in Algeria. shutterstock

In Algeria, devastating spate of wildfires prompts calls for better preparedness

Experts stress the need to abandon traditional methods of forest management in exchange for sustainable management and an integrated early warning system

Rabia Khreis 30 July 2023
The US Air Force shows the "Thunderbirds" and the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, debut the Super Delta formation consisting of six F-16  Fighting Falcons and six F/A-18 Super Hornets. AFP

Effectiveness, not size, key to US involvement in Middle East

The United States doesn't need more troops or hardware to rebuild trust with its regional partners. It just needs to be more effective, innovative, and consistent with what it already has.

Bilal Saab 29 July 2023
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Trump has lost the Iran war, but how badly?

20 April 2026

While all the effects of this conflict may take time to fully realise, short and medium-term signs expose the limits of US power and see America's rivals benefiting

Christopher Phillips
Jason Lyon
Business & Economy

The Iran war is reshaping the China-Gulf economic model

21 April 2026

Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?

Charbel Barakat
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Lebanon and Israel: negotiations and the end of Hezbollah

23 April 2026

Building on the ten-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, time will tell if these talks are a one-off or the beginning of a different path for Lebanon.

Al Majalla - London
Grace Russell
Science & Technology

Saving the soldiers: robots as Ukraine’s new weapon

22 April 2026

The war in Ukraine is becoming an open laboratory for testing advanced military technologies that may yet redefine the very meaning of combat

Marco Mossad
Nesma Moharam
Culture & Social Affairs

New book tackles the fading art of Koranic recitation

20 April 2026

Egyptian heritage researcher Haytham Abu Zayd sheds light on how the art form grew, excelled, and then declined over the years and ends by offering a path to revival

Fadi El-Abdallah

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