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Yemeni fishermen pass alongside a commercial vessel in the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, Yemen, on 5 April 2026.
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Politics

Why the battle for Bab al-Mandab is so important

Anwar Al-Ansi 07 September 2026
Eyal Weizman dissects the architecture of genocide Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Eyal Weizman dissects the architecture of genocide

Hala Al-Naji 05 September 2026
Migrants walk towards the Fnideq region in northern Morocco after leaving Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta following an attempted crossing at the Bab Sebta border crossing, on the outskirts of Fnideq, on 1 August 2026. Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP

The Ceuta tragedy: illusory homelands and unattainable paradises

Where social media offers magic solutions, the real world delivers slammed doors

Samer Abou Hawwach 06 August 2026
A Sudanese woman sits with her child at the Al-Rahmaniya camp for displaced persons, near the city of El Obeid in the South Kordofan region of Sudan, on June 25, 2026. AFP

El-Obeid: fears of a new wave of brutality in Sudan

The central city is a strategic prize but increasingly encircled by the RSF paramilitary force. Home to almost a million people, a third of whom are already displaced, it could also be a bloodbath

Shawgi Abdelazim 04 August 2026

Israel whittles down Lebanon's border

Fares Garabet 04 August 2026
Mustafa Ali Abu Bakr, 76, stands in front of his family’s graves after they were broken by Israeli soldiers near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on 31 July 2026. Reuters

Settler attacks increase ahead of Israel election

Settlement expansion in the West Bank is popular with Israeli voters, which explains the uptick in violence in recent weeks

Sherine Younes 03 August 2026
A member of the Popular Mobilisation Forces monitors the Iraq-Syria border in Al-Qaim, January 23, 2026. AFP

Iraq’s armed factions are still three steps ahead of Baghdad

Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has vowed to dissolve armed groups by the end of September, but this is highly unlikely. Al Majalla explains why.

Salam Zaidan 03 August 2026
Workers are seen through a pipe at a construction site on the extension of Russia's TurkStream gas pipeline. Reuters

Getting the oil out: exploring Hormuz alternatives

Al Majalla looks at potential new export routes that big oil producers can use to offset Iran's control over key regional waterways

Sharif Mohammad 03 August 2026
Axel Rangel Garcia

Why Israel may want to start ‘fighting smart’ in Lebanon

An Israeli diplomat recently told Lebanese Shiites that Israel did not see them as the enemy, but it is a difficult argument to make given the death and destruction. Is there a better way?

Frederic C. Hof 02 August 2026
Israeli politician and former military chief Gadi Eisenkot meets supporters at a conference in Dimona, Israel, on 6 July 2026. Reuters

Is Gadi Eisenkot the general who knows how Israelis feel?

The former army chief is standing against Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel's election in October and is currently polling higher than the prime minister. What Eisenkot has been through may help him

Michael Horowitz 02 August 2026
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 22 January 2026. AFP

More casual fling than committed friends: Russia and Hamas

Moscow is supportive of the Palestinian cause, but a key Kremlin figure's removal in July 2025 put the relationship back. A year later, when contact resumed, it was too late to effect change

Anton Mardasov 02 August 2026
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has some manoeuvring to do after its main ally, the United States, signed a deal that could allow uranium enrichment in Saudi Arabia. Michelle Thompson

Washington’s Saudi nuclear deal tests Israel’s prime minister

Benjamin Netanyahu has kept conspicuously quiet about a US-Saudi nuclear partnership that could allow enrichment in the Gulf. How he handles it could impact Israel's upcoming election

Michael Horowitz 31 July 2026
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China is not scared of Trump’s squeeze on Iran

04 September 2026

Beijing has plenty of leverage to deter Washington

Henry Tugendhat
Underwater image of a diver among fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on 8 March 2024. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
Business & Economy

The global race for rare earths reaches the ocean floor

07 September 2026

A critical mineral found on Japan's seabed has caught US attention, and the two are teaming up to see whether it can yield future benefits and reduce their dependence on China

Abdulfattah Khattab
Raven Jiang
Politics

From the war on terror to networked security

07 September 2026

The main change since 9/11 is that military security has become one component of a much wider security ecosystem

Lina Khatib
Japanese director Takashi Miike at an event for the film 'Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki' IMDb
Culture & Social Affairs

Takeshi Miike's new Kabuki documentary surprises critics

06 September 2026

For a filmmaker who has spent decades challenging norms, a film about traditional Japanese theatre seems like an odd choice. At the Venice Film Festival, he explains to Al Majalla why it is not.

Leila Amar
Sara Padovan
Politics

Donald Trump and the new Latin American right

04 September 2026

Across Central and South America, a raft of right-wingers borrow from each other's playbooks and ride on the US president's coattails to win elections and power. Is it ideology or practicality?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

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