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Hormuz face-off? US and Iran in a battle of wills
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Hormuz face-off? US and Iran in a battle of wills

Fares Garabet 29 April 2026
Iran’s 'mosquito fleet' presents a pesky problem Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

Iran’s 'mosquito fleet' presents a pesky problem

Marco Mossad 29 April 2026
US President Donald Trump holds a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during the World Economic Forum in Davos on 21 January 2026. Reuters

Sisi hopes Trump will save Egypt from Iran war fallout

Cairo is feeling the impact of the war and fears that some longer-term consequences may be existential. Meanwhile, saviours are few and far between.

Amr Emam 03 April 2026
Al Majalla

The Iran war is hurting—and helping—North African economies

Algeria and Libya stand to gain from higher oil prices, but energy importers Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt are desperate for the war to end

Mohamed Sharki 03 April 2026
Gregori Saavedra

Iraqi militias turn on the state

As the US-Iran war intensifies, it has drawn in non-state actors across the region. While Baghdad says it is not a party to the conflict, militias have stepped in on Tehran's side.

Baghdad, London - Al Majalla 02 April 2026
Gregori Saavedra

Between war and peace: will Iraq cross the Rubicon?

Powerful militias have usurped the state's authority by opening a war front to support Iran. At this critical juncture, Iraq needs statesmen willing to put the state first.

Ayad Al-Anbar 02 April 2026
Ewan White

Iraq's internal battle for influence comes to a head

New fronts have opened up across the region in light of the US-Israeli war on Iran, as non-state actors with links to Tehran fear for their futures

Rustum Mahmud 02 April 2026
Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin speaks at a press conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 25 August, 2025. Luka Dakskobler / Getty

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

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 02 April 2026
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

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

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 01 April 2026

Trump's war of distraction backfires

Fares Garabet 01 April 2026
Al Majalla

Trump is losing the war in Iran

One month in, the Islamic Republic is winning merely by surviving.

Ravi Agrawal 01 April 2026
Farid al-Madhan Reuters/ Al Majalla

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

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 31 March 2026
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23 April 2026

Israel's gloves-off approach since 2023 didn't emerge out of the blue; it is deeply rooted in Zionist and Israeli military thought.

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

26 April 2026

The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.

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Iran’s 'mosquito fleet' presents a pesky problem

28 April 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.

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Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

28 April 2026

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In recent years, travel writing has witnessed a striking revival, though along a different path, one now charted by Arab women's voices.

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