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How the Middle East can capitalise on Iran’s regional setback Lina Jaradat
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How the Middle East can capitalise on Iran’s regional setback

James Jeffrey 04, Jul 2025
Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid centres: a real-life Hunger Games Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid centres: a real-life Hunger Games

Hala Al-Naji 03, Jul 2025
This file photo shows US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets, attached to Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) and Belgian Air Force F-16s flying over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Mediterranean Sea. Christina Sears / AFP

Will Israel finally succeed at pulling the US into a regional war?

US military build-up in the Middle East reflects its concern that Israel's new military operation in Lebanon could ultimately draw Iran into the conflict

Con Coughlin 25, Sep 2024
Nash Weerasekera/Majalla

From unicorns to dystopians: The disappearance of Israel's centre-centre

Despite Israelis protesting against Netanyahu every Saturday, a closer look through the political lens shows centrists moving further to the right and an almost non-existent left

Ahmed Maher 25, Sep 2024
Houthi-mobilised fighters parade during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Houthi takeover in Sanaa, Yemen, September 21, 2024. Reuters

Houthis in Syria: Genuine threat or political posturing?

While the potential presence of Houthis in Syria is most likely only symbolic, its implications could be significant. Israel might use this as a justification to ramp up attacks across the region.

Haid Haid 24, Sep 2024
Members of Lebanon's powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah parade with a mock missile launcher in this file photo. AFP

Will Hezbollah choose to keep its word—or its arsenal?

The militant group must decide between walking back its threat to northern Israel or risking the loss of its advanced missile capabilities

Hanin Ghaddar 24, Sep 2024

Hostages forgotten? Netanyahu adds new war goal

Fares Garabet 23, Sep 2024
Parents who can afford it are increasingly forking out money for private lessons for their children to compensate for Egypt's deteriorating education system. Eduardo Ramon

Quality education falls out of reach for many Egyptians

With record increases in tuition fees at all levels, good schooling is becoming something only the rich can afford as the effects of the country's economic liberalisation reverberate

Marcelle Nasr 23, Sep 2024
Plumes of smoke rise from the site of the Israeli raid that targeted the Jabal al-Rayhan area in the Jezzine region of southern Lebanon on September 21, 2024. AFP

Israel and Hezbollah creep closer to all-out war

But Israel does not yet have the forces in place to invade

The Economist 23, Sep 2024
The pager attack on Hezbollah was most likely the result of the distribution of booby-trapped communication devices ahead of time through a front company that was controlled (or compromised) by the Israeli Mossad. Nash Weerasekera

By paging Hezbollah, Israel took aim at a chip in Iran’s armour

Actors battling sanctions can't be picky about where the initial product came from. After all, beggars can't afford to be choosers.

Michael Horowitz 22, Sep 2024
Thick smoke rises above the southern suburbs of Beirut after an Israeli strike on September 20, 2024. Israel says Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil and around 10 other commanders were killed. Hezbollah has not confirmed Aqil’s death. AFP

Israel has bloodied Hezbollah but is stuck in a war of attrition

Two attacks on the Shiite militia may not change Israel's strategic dilemma in Lebanon

The Economist 21, Sep 2024
Sudanese refugees who fled violence in the Darfur region arrived on the backs of their donkeys in search of a place for temporary settlement, near the border between Sudan and Chad. AFP

Why traditional approaches to protecting civilians in Sudan aren't working

Establishing military peacekeeping missions has always been a fraught process, triggering discussions on sovereignty. But the Sudanese people need our help now before it's too late.

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 20, Sep 2024
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Iran’s waning influence

27 June 2025

Our July issue features in-depth articles and expert analyses exploring the future of Iran's influence and the long-term reverberations for the region

Al Majalla - London
Lina Jaradat
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Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid centres: a real-life Hunger Games

02 July 2025

Israel's commandeering of aid distribution in Gaza forces starving Palestinians to run the gauntlet at centres with biometric monitoring systems, armed security, and life-or-death hazards

Hala Al-Naji
People gather to celebrate after Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as the new president, on January 9, 2025, in Al-Aaishiyah, Lebanon. Ramiz Dallah/Getty
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Lebanon’s second chance at statehood

02 July 2025

The crippling of Hezbollah's dominance and the Assad regime's fall in Syria have created a narrow but historic opening for the Lebanese people

Paul Salem
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Oman is quietly redefining its development model

29 June 2025

It is no longer the Gulf's quiet outlier but a country quietly setting a new standard for sustainable economic development in the region

Neil Quilliam
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How the Middle East can capitalise on Iran’s regional setback

02 July 2025

The US security umbrella will focus on Iran's direct threats, but regional states should deal with Tehran's residual proxy groups in the region

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