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Is support for Israel becoming toxic at the ballot box?  Sara Padovan
Politics

Is support for Israel becoming toxic at the ballot box? 

Alfred J. Naddaff 12 November 2025
Barbara Leaf on being the first US official to meet Ahmed Sharaa Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Barbara Leaf on being the first US official to meet Ahmed Sharaa

Ibrahim Hamidi 11 November 2025
A young Palestinian boy sits on rubble as he attends the Friday noon prayers near the ruins of the al-Faruq mosque, destroyed in Israeli strikes in Rafah, southern Gaza. SAID KHATIB / AFP

In Gaza, Palestinians observe Ramadan amid grief and ruin

Mosques are rubble and families have been torn apart. Those who survived mourn those who did not. Amidst the trauma, celebrating seems strange. Yet in a sprinkling of lanterns, there is resistance.

Houssam Marouf 01 March 2025
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Al Majalla’s Book Watch

A tour of the latest releases from Arabic publishing houses on topics covering fiction, philosophy, science, history, and politics

Khodr Al Agha 28 February 2025
Lina Jaradat

From Syria to Gaza: a blueprint for rebuilding the Middle East

A strategy to rebuild post-conflict Arab economies is slowly taking shape despite Israeli intransigence. It's an enormous task, but the cost of inaction is higher.

Alaa Shahine Salha 28 February 2025
Palestinian women cry as killed members of the Abu Taha family are brought for burial outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis following Israeli bombardment east of the city in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2024. Bashar TALEB / AFP

Israel’s actions strike at the foundations of international law

Only collective state action can end impunity

Cyril Ramaphosa, Anwar Ibrahim, Gustavo Petro, Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla 27 February 2025

Diverging US-EU interests under Trump

Fares Garabet 27 February 2025
Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa addresses representatives and dignitaries of Syrian communities during the National Dialogue Conference called for by the country's new authorities in Damascus on February 25, 2025. AFP

I attended Syria's National Dialogue. These are my impressions.

The conference marked a significant step in Syria's long and arduous journey toward rebuilding a devastated country

Sami Moubayed 27 February 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sign a strategic partnership treaty during a ceremony following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 17, 2025. Evgenia Novozhenina / AFP

Can Russia truly protect Iran?

Tehran would be wise not to bank on Moscow coming to its defence

Majid Rafizadeh 26 February 2025
Former Tunisian Minister of Finance, Siham Al-Boughdiri Namsia, presents the state’s general budget for 2022, Tunisia, December 28, 2021.
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Tunisia's 'IMF shadow' disappears with Nemsia's sacking

The unexplained dismissal of the finance minister leaves more questions than answers as the highly indebted country seeks to avoid a 2025 default

Kawthar Zantour 26 February 2025
Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa addressing representatives and dignitaries of Syrian communities during the National Dialogue Conference called for by the country's new authorities in Damascus on February 25, 2025. AFP

Syria’s transition takes its first baby step

The National Dialogue Conference is the first step in the chosen transition model to take the country from revolution to elections and a new constitution

Radwan Ziadeh 25 February 2025
The sun sets behind burning gas flares at a power plant. AFP

Power politics: Syria and the rise of electricity diplomacy

As Syria grapples with severe electricity shortages, recent power-purchase deals show how power is becoming a tool for diplomacy and could bring about a regional electricity exchange market

Jessica Obeid 23 February 2025
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As Sharaa steps into the White House, Syria steps into the US orbit

09 November 2025

In what could be a historic turning point in US-Syria relations, the new government in Damascus will likely join the international coalition against the Islamic State (IS)

Subhi Franjieh
Sara Padovan
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Is support for Israel becoming toxic at the ballot box? 

11 November 2025

As Americans rethink the moral—and strategic—calculus of US support for Israel, politicians are scrambling to keep pace

Alfred J. Naddaff
Axel Rangel Garcia
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Barbara Leaf on being the first US official to meet Ahmed Sharaa

10 November 2025

On Monday, the Syrian president shook hands with Trump at the White House. Speaking to Al Majalla, a former State Department official explains why this is a moment she could have never imagined.

Ibrahim Hamidi
AFP-Reuters-Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Zohran Mamdani becomes first Muslim mayor of New York

04 November 2025

The 34-year-old socialist's win is a seismic development, proving that tax rises for the rich to fund social programmes, and unwavering advocacy for Palestinian rights, are politically viable stances

Tarek Rashed
Ewan White
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How Trump reshaped the world

03 November 2025

Al Majalla examines key developments in the US and across the globe less than a year into Trump's second presidential term

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