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Israeli settlers take part in a weekly tour inside the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on 11 July 2026. Reuters
Politics

The minority in Israel that no longer needs to win votes

Ahmed Maher 10 August 2026
Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot at a polling station in Jerusalem in the country's fifth election in less than four years on 1 November 2022. RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP
Politics

Why Israel’s upcoming election might be its most pivotal

David E. Rosenberg 09 August 2026
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (C) speaks with Saudi Arabia's envoy to Lebanon, Yazid bin Farhan, on 14 January 2026. Lebanese Presidency Press Office / AFP

Lebanon reopens its Gulf gateway as exports return to Saudi Arabia

After five years of suspension, Lebanese exporters are targeting annual sales of $500mn as Saudi Arabia reopens its market

Thuraya Shahin 21 June 2026
This aerial photograph shows an inundated area in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province on 31 May 2026, following recent flooding as water levels from the Euphrates River rise. BAKR ALKASEM / AFP

Preventing the next Euphrates flood

Last month's floods exposed gaps in coordination and governance. Addressing them now will determine whether the next rise in the river becomes a managed risk or another costly emergency.

Haid Haid 21 June 2026

Iran uses its leverage against the US

Fares Garabet 21 June 2026
A picture taken on 24 January 2014 shows covers of the comic series Tintin translated into several languages at the Casterman publisher headquarters in Brussels.  AFP

From Tintin to Tetouan: the rise of Moroccan comics

Long dismissed as kids' entertainment and overshadowed by literary traditions, comics have evolved into a vibrant medium of artistic expression, social critique, and cultural memory

Najeeb Mubarak 21 June 2026
Iran's conservative Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf addresses supporters in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on June 26, 2024, during his election campaign ahead of a presidential vote to replace the late president. ATTA KENARE / AFP

The war inside Iran's right

The war exposed how divided Iran's right has always been and handed each faction a new weapon to wield against the other

Alex Vatanka 19 June 2026
Al Majalla

Trump’s Iran truce leaves Israel out

Washington reportedly refused to show Israel a draft of the MOU when asked. Therefore, without its buy-in, Israel is not obliged to adhere to the deal.

Michael Horowitz 19 June 2026
Mark Smith

Trump’s deal: repercussions in the Gulf, Iran, and Israel

The MOU reached by the two warring nations forces a rethink of the Middle East's political, security, and economic landscape

Al Majalla - London 18 June 2026
Al Majalla

How Pakistan quietly brokered the historic US-Iran deal

Islamabad kept both sides talking even as missiles were being launched. That tenacity looks to have paid dividends in a way that could yet reshape the Middle East's power dynamics.

Kaswar Klasra 18 June 2026

US-Iran deal sealed. Strait of Hormuz now open.

Al Majalla - London 18 June 2026
Türkiye's main opposition CHP party's court-installed leader, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, delivers a speech at the party's headquarters in Ankara on 30 May 2026. Adem ALTAN / AFP

Türkiye’s opposition is now a shell of its former self 

Since the CHP defeated the ruling AKP party in the 2024 local elections, its leaders have either been deposed or imprisoned, in what its supporters call a targeted campaign

Omer Onhon 17 June 2026
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Politics

The Houthis: the final battle?

06 August 2026

Regional and global players have begun to realise that the threat posed by the Yemeni militant group requires comprehensive and decisive action

Al Majalla - London
Opinion

Finding an effective strategy to combat Iran and its 'axis'

03 August 2026

Regional states have come to the realisation that fighting 'axis' members individually will have little effect, and any tactical success will likely be short-lived

Ibrahim Hamidi
Workers are seen through a pipe at a construction site on the extension of Russia's TurkStream gas pipeline. Reuters
Business & Economy

Getting the oil out: exploring Hormuz alternatives

03 August 2026

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

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

03 August 2026

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
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
Culture & Social Affairs

The Ceuta tragedy: illusory homelands and unattainable paradises

05 August 2026

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

Samer Abou Hawwach

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