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Behind the bombs: the Israel-Iran cyberwar Al Majalla - Getty - AFP - Reuters
Science & Technology

Behind the bombs: the Israel-Iran cyberwar

Marco Mossad 26, Jun 2025
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Culture & Social Affairs

Artists bring Ala Tannir’s family home in Beirut back to life again

Charbel Khoury 26, Jun 2025
Members of the Egyptian Special Forces during their deployment at the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip in Rafah, October 20, 2023. AFP

Competing visions for the Middle East ahead of Cairo Summit

Israel, Türkiye, and Iran all have a plan for the region. Arab leaders met in Riyadh to come up with their own. Meanwhile, Trump walks back his plan for Gaza, saying he 'won't force it'.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 22, Feb 2025
Former US government official Jared Kushner, married to Trump's daughter Ivanka, stands behind Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

Far from spontaneous, Trump’s plan for Gaza has been plotted

Months before the US president stood on a podium alongside Benjamin Netanyahu and shocked the world, a research paper covered the details of the rebuilding and administration of Gaza

Omar Ayyoubi 22, Feb 2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during their meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18, 2025. SPA/AFP

Trump breaks the ice with Russia, leaving Europe in the cold

In just a few short weeks, the US president has rolled out the diplomatic red carpet to Moscow and dumped Ukraine and Brussels. Putin now knows he need not concede anything.

Omer Onhon 20, Feb 2025
Al Majalla

Trump's game of hardball with Iran

The US might threaten Iran with Israeli strikes in order to get it to come to the table, but Trump prefers a deal with Tehran

Arash Azizi 20, Feb 2025
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (L) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attempt to shake hands during a photo opportunity ahead of a meeting in the US State Department Building on February 10, 2025, in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker / AFP

Egypt treads fine line as it pushes for alternative Gaza plan

Cairo hopes an upcoming Arab summit can come up with a different proposal to counter Trump's plan to turn Gaza into the 'Riviera of the Middle East', but this push comes with great political risk

Amr Emam 19, Feb 2025
Al Majalla

Khaddam Files: ‘I urged Hariri to leave before he was killed’

In the final of a three-part series, Syria's late former Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam reveals that Bashar al-Assad's brother Maher misled Rafic Hariri before his assassination.

Al Majalla - London 19, Feb 2025
Al Majalla

Al Majalla at 45: Cover stories and digital platforms

Since its establishment in February 1980, Al Majalla has featured influential voices and diverse perspectives. Today, it leverages social media to engage with younger audiences.

Al Majalla - London 18, Feb 2025
Al Majalla

Al Majalla: 45 years of excellence in journalism

Since its founding in 1980, Al Majalla has held a prestigious position in the Arab media landscape as a reliable source of news analysis. Today, it delivers the same quality but with a modern touch.

Al Majalla 18, Feb 2025
Al Majalla

Khaddam Files: Bashar tells Hariri, 'I decide who governs Lebanon'

In Part 2 of a three-part series, Syria's former Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam recalls a stormy meeting between the Syrian and Lebanese leaders just months before Hariri was killed

Al Majalla - London 18, Feb 2025
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Arab students' futures in limbo after USAID funds freeze

The shuttering of aid has caused huge problems for students in Lebanon and Egypt on US scholarships. What does the future hold?

Joudy El-Asmar 17, Feb 2025
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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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