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Iranians mark 40 days since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes at a demonstration in Tehran on 9 April, 2026. Majid Asgaripour / AFP
Politics

The US and Iran mull next moves amid shaky truce

Alex Vatanka 10 April 2026
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Culture & Social Affairs

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Wael Said 10 April 2026
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in front of a map of the Middle East during a press conference at the Government Press Office (GPO) on 4 September 2024. ABIR SULTAN / AFP

Israel's lack of strategy makes for aimless wars

Since October 7, 2023, Israel's systemic unwillingness or inability to plan long-term has pushed it into a state of perpetual war

Elizabeth Tsurkov 22 March 2026
Sara Gironi Carnevale

US public opinion is decisively shifting against Israel

Until fairly recently, most Americans sided with Israel. These days, most side with the Palestinians. That will eventually influence US foreign policy.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 21 March 2026
A member of the security forces, holding a picture of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, observes protesters as they gather for a rally in support of the new Supreme Leader in Enghelab Square in Tehran, on 9 March 2026. Getty/ Al Majalla

Decapitation strikes unlikely to topple Iran's regime

Instead of taking down the Islamic Republic, what the assassinations have done is harden public support and accelerate the regime's militarisation

Alex Vatanka 19 March 2026
Lina Jaradat

Strait of Hormuz: the waterway critical to global trade 

Any disruption in the Hormuz has cascading knock-on effects that extend far beyond energy markets, impacting international trade. Al Majalla explores all this and more.

Al Majalla - London 18 March 2026
AFP/ Al Majalla

Iran after Larijani: a war without an exit

Israel's assassination of the pragmatic and highly influential National Security Chief closes the path to de-escalation

Futoshi Matsumoto 18 March 2026

The Middle East under fire

Fares Garabet 18 March 2026
Installation "The Black Arch" by Saudi sisters Raja and Shadia Alem is seen at the pavilion of Saudi Arabia taking part in the Venice Biennale for the first time on 2 June 2011, in Venice, Italy. Marco Secchi / Getty

Shadia Alem and the art of sacred continuity

From Mecca to the global stage, Saudi artist Shadia Alem's work unfolds as a continuous practice shaped by memory, spirituality, and place

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 18 March 2026
Nesma Moharam

Why proposed Israel-Lebanon talks are so important

Even as the bombs fly between Hezbollah and the Israeli army, there is suddenly an opportunity to sort out some longstanding problems. If Syria can help, all the better.

Michael Harari 17 March 2026
US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2016 Policy Conference at the Verizon Centre in Washington, DC, on 21 March 2016. SAUL LOEB / AFP

The Israel lobby’s responsibility for the Iran war

Advocates for the US-Israeli special relationship have played a special role

Stephen M. Walt 17 March 2026
Al Majalla

Kharg Island: Iran’s oil-rich economic gateway

US forces struck more than 90 Iranian military targets last week on Kharg Island, Iran’s primary oil export hub, in what Washington called a calibrated effort to pressure Tehran to end its blockade…

Al Majalla - London 17 March 2026
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Iranians mark 40 days since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes at a demonstration in Tehran on 9 April, 2026. Majid Asgaripour / AFP
Politics

The US and Iran mull next moves amid shaky truce

10 April 2026

Washington weighs the desire to avoid a protracted war with offsetting the appearance of defeat, as Tehran debates whether to consolidate gains before conditions shift or press perceived advantages

Alex Vatanka
Awami Rickshaw Union workers holding posters of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, shout slogans after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in Lahore on 8 April 2026. Arif ALI / AFP
Politics

Behind the truce: Pakistan mediation proves pivotal

08 April 2026

Islamabad is humming with behind-the-scenes diplomacy to turn this tentative pause into lasting peace.

Kaswar Klasra
Al Majalla
Politics

5 unanswered questions on the US-Iran ceasefire

09 April 2026

The fragile truce faces significant obstacles.

John Haltiwanger
Al Majalla
Politics

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

07 April 2026

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

Brian Katulis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands during a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 29 March 2026. Reuters
Politics

Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

08 April 2026

Israel's parliament approved a draconian death penalty law last week that only applies to Palestinian prisoners, in a move that the UN says "would constitute a war crime"

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly

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