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Sudanese girls who fled El-Fasher receive humanitarian aid at the Al-Afad camp for displaced people in the town of Al-Dabba, northern Sudan, on 25 November 2025. EBRAHIM HAMID / AFP
Politics

The US-Iran war throws more hardship at Sudan

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 04 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
Politics

Sisi hopes Trump will save Egypt from Iran war fallout

Amr Emam 03 April 2026
Axel Rangel Garcia

Alternative security models for Syria amid US pullout

The announcement last week that the US was pulling its 1,000 troops there has sparked worry, as American presence is seen as crucial for integrating the Kurds and fighting IS

James Jeffrey 07 March 2026
An Iranian military truck carries surface-to-air missiles past a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a parade on the occasion of the country's annual army day on 18 April 2018, in Tehran. ATTA KENARE / AFP

In US-Iran war, willpower could trump firepower

Washington and Tel Aviv may think the key to ending Iran's regime is to kill its missile bank and capabilities, but sometimes strategy matters more than hardware

Bilal Saab 06 March 2026
Yusra Naim

After Khamenei: will the Islamic Republic survive?

Al Majalla examines what his killing means for Iran, its proxies, and the greater region

Al Majalla - London 06 March 2026
AFP/Reuters/Axel Rangel Garcia

Israel’s long penetration war pays off

Its killing of Iran's Supreme Leader shows how patient recruitment and mapping created an opportunity for a decisive blow

Michael Horowitz 06 March 2026
Grace Russell

The stubborn revolutionary: Ali Khamenei's last stand

Iran's assassinated Supreme Leader fought till his last breath for what many saw as a failed cause

Arash Azizi 06 March 2026
Plumes of smoke near Jebel Ali port after a new Iranian attack on Dubai, on 1 March 2026. AFP

US-Iran war threatens Gulf diversification plans

Moves to boost non-oil sectors such as tourism and financial services could suffer setbacks if hostilities continue

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 06 March 2026
Iranian nationals arrive in Turkey after passing through the Razi-Kapiköy border crossing in Van, north-eastern Türkiye, on 3 March 2026. ALI IHSAN OZTURK / AFP

Türkiye fears spillover effects of US-Iran war

Ankara fears a refugee influx, economic disruption, and a Kurdish dimension as the US and Israel escalate their attacks

Omer Onhon 05 March 2026
Police walk past a burning armoured vehicle set on fire by protestors outside the US consulate in Karachi, Pakistan on March 1, 2026 after the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader. AFP

Khamenei's killing sends shockwaves across Pakistan

Public sentiment in Pakistan often mirrors wider reactions across the Muslim world, but its size, strategic location, and nuclear status amplify global consequences

Kaswar Klasra 05 March 2026
The displaced Palestinian Abu Mustafa family sits together as they break the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast during Iftar in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on 26 February 2026. Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP

Ramadan in Gaza: food scarcity compounds suffering

The iftar table, if it still exists, no longer represents joy, but anxiety and scarcity

Hala Al-Naji 05 March 2026
US President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on 3 March 2026. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP

Will European allies get drawn into the US-Iran war?

Key US allies, like the UK and France, initially said the US attacks on Iran were unlawful, but after Trump lashed out some are now singing a different tune

Con Coughlin 04 March 2026
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Grace Russell
Politics

Gulf states should steer clear of attritional war traps

01 April 2026

The US-Israeli war against Iran aims to draw in Gulf states, but history has shown that entering wars is far easier than exiting them. Prudence is needed now more than ever.

Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi
Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin speaks at a press conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 25 August, 2025. Luka Dakskobler / Getty
Politics

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

01 April 2026

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
Ewan White
Politics

Iraq's internal battle for influence comes to a head

31 March 2026

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
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
Business & Economy

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

01 April 2026

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
Farid al-Madhan Reuters/ Al Majalla
Politics

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

31 March 2026

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

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