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The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home Al Majalla
Politics

The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

Brian Katulis 07 April 2026
Drones vs interceptors: cost disparity sparks strategy rethink Al Majalla
Infographics

Drones vs interceptors: cost disparity sparks strategy rethink

Al Majalla - London 07 April 2026
Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair (C) waves as he leaves a UN-run school sheltering Palestinians, whose houses were destroyed by Israeli airstrikes during the 2014 war, in Gaza City on February 15, 2015. SUHAIB SALEM / AFP

Tony Blair's hand in Gaza's 'Day After' raises eyebrows

Despite his reputation for failure, the former UK premier has ironically emerged as the voice of moderation next to more extreme figures in Trump's orbit

Bryn Haworth 18 September 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) walks among members of the Israeli army at Mount Hermon in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights of Syria, on December 17, 2024. AFP

Netanyahu’s ‘peace through force’ doctrine hurts Syria talks

Syria's foreign minister met Israeli officials in London on 17 September, sparking speculation that a deal is in the offing. But even if one is reached, it risks being more symbolic than substantive.

Haid Haid 18 September 2025
Farmers pick coffee in Jazan farms, southern Saudi Arabia, January 26, 2022.
 AFP

Nurturing success: Gulf states make inroads in agriculture

Other Arab countries suffering from climate change and war could learn a lot from how Gulf states are harnessing tech and securing investment to unlock their agricultural potential

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 18 September 2025

No red light for Israel's Gaza city invasion

Fares Garabet 17 September 2025
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Lebanese artist Maral Dir Bogosian on capturing Beirut's essence

Her latest exhibition, 'Roofs of the City', shows how she continues to absorb Beirut's abundant imagery as if encountering it for the first time

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 17 September 2025
Lina Jaradat

Butterfly effect: can the Palestine protest movement turn the tide?

For nearly two years, protests around the world calling for an end to Israel's war on Gaza haven't fizzled out, but grown. Their geographic reach and longevity appear to have no precedent in history.

Bryn Haworth 16 September 2025
Screens show the number of votes as members of the United Nations General Assembly vote on the Palestinian issue and the implementation of the two-state solution, at the UN headquarters in New York on September 12, 2025. Reuters

The world inches towards Palestine recognition. Too little, too late?

Palestinians do not have the luxury of time. The prospect of their state is vanishing before their very eyes. What will next week's UN General Assembly bring?

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 15 September 2025
Axel Rangel Garcia

Egyptians cut back on expenses, but not on their coffee

Despite a fumbling economy, the quaint Egyptian café has never been busier. Their success is part of a much wider story.

Marcelle Nasr 15 September 2025
A guard stands outside the damaged National Museum of Yemen building in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes, in Sanaa, Yemen, September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

As Israel steps up regional attacks, Yemen bears the brunt

Apart from its ongoing genocide in Gaza, Israel has, this week, attacked Syria, Lebanon, Tunisia and, most shockingly, Qatar—a staunch US ally. But in Yemen, it's been especially brutal.

Anwar Al-Ansi 14 September 2025
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa Al Majalla

From Idlib to New York: Sharaa’s winding road to the UN

From the plains of Idlib to the presidential palace in Damascus and now the UN headquarters in Manhattan, Al Majalla traces the Syrian president's journey to get to this historic moment

Ibrahim Hamidi 14 September 2025
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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to hold

07 April 2026

If the ceasefire collapses, China has an interest in getting the two sides back to the table, but it would be a difficult task given Tehran's deep mistrust of the US and Israel.

Xiaotong Yang
Grace Russell
Politics

Gulf states should steer clear of attritional war traps

01 April 2026

The US-Israeli war against Iran aims to draw in Gulf states, but history has shown that entering wars is far easier than exiting them. Prudence is needed now more than ever.

Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi
Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin speaks at a press conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 25 August, 2025. Luka Dakskobler / Getty
Politics

'Israel is exploiting Iran war to kill a Palestinian state'

01 April 2026

PA Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin tells Al Majalla that Israel is taking advantage of the fact that the world is distracted by the US-Iran war to create irreversible facts on the ground

Ahmed Maher
People gather during a celebration called by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) at the Umayyad Square, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, 20 December, 2024. Reuters / Ammar
Business & Economy

US-Iran war gives Syria's global economic pitch more urgency

01 April 2026

Given the effective closure of the Hormuz Strait and Houthi threats to close off the Red Sea, Syria may emerge as a corridor and conduit to bypass these embattled maritime chokepoints

Charles Lister
Farid al-Madhan Reuters/ Al Majalla
Politics

Farid al-Madhan: Assad's fingerprints were on every picture

31 March 2026

A former army forensics employee who later became known as Caesar tells Al Majalla how he risked his life to expose the torture and killing of countless Syrians in regime prisons

Ibrahim Hamidi

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