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Blockading the blockade: Trump tightens his chokehold on Iran Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

Blockading the blockade: Trump tightens his chokehold on Iran

Al Majalla - London 30 April 2026
Why Iran isn’t blinking yet Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Why Iran isn’t blinking yet

Keith Johnson 30 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
Sara Padovan

Can Israel kill Iran's nuclear know-how?

While its possible to degrade its nuclear programme, removing it entirely requires an open war that would be extremely costly for Israel and the region

Michael Horowitz 31 March 2026
Al Majalla

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 31 March 2026
Arab League foreign ministers meet in Cairo, on 10 September 2024.
 AFP

Laying the foundations of autonomous Arab security

Events have shown Arab states that Israel, as well as Iran, pose a threat to their security—a reality that the US can no longer protect against.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 30 March 2026
A woman mourns in a cemetery in Choueifat, Lebanon, on 29 March 2026, before the funeral of Lebanese journalists who were killed by a targeted Israeli strike. REUTERS / Manu Brabo

Lebanon's mediation window is firmly shut...for now

Tehran says any negotiated settlement to the US-Iran war must include its Hezbollah allies, but this could take a long time—a luxury Lebanon may not have.

Elie Kossaifi 29 March 2026

The non-existent US-Iran talks

Fares Garabet 29 March 2026
Al Majalla

Sipan Hamo on integrating Kurdish units into the Syrian army

In Part 2 of a two-part interview, the newly appointed deputy defence minister outlines the mistakes made by the SDF and gives his outlook on Syria's future.

Ibrahim Hamidi 28 March 2026
Al Majalla

US-Iran war tests the resilience of Egypt's economy

Positioned between the Strait of Hormuz and the Suez Canal, Egypt is not only absorbing the impact of war—it is transmitting it into the global economy.

Alice Gower 27 March 2026
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Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

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.

Alex Vatanka
Al Majalla
Politics

Netanyahu's Iran victory claim falls on deaf ears in Israel

29 April 2026

Many Israelis actually believe that they lost the war, with opposition leader Yair Lapid accusing the Israeli premier of having led the country into "strategic collapse and diplomatic catastrophe"

Asaad Ghanem
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

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.

Marco Mossad
A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag featuring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of a building left in ruins on 5 June 2013 in the city of Qusayr in the Homs province. AFP
Politics

Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

28 April 2026

Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services

Haid Haid
Culture & Social Affairs

The Arab women raising the bar in travel literature

28 April 2026

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

Ibrahim Adel

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