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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men inspect the damage at the site of an Iranian missile strike in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, on June 16, 2025. OHN WESSELS / AFP
Business & Economy

How the Israel-Iran flare-up is impacting the global economy

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 16, Jun 2025
Five unconventional portrayals of motherhood in Arabic novels Aliaa Abou Khaddour
Culture & Social Affairs

Five unconventional portrayals of motherhood in Arabic novels

Ibrahim Adel 16, Jun 2025
A Lebanese army soldier guards the Lebanese-Syrian border in an area they recently took from the Islamic State (IS) group in Jurud Ras Baalbek on August 28, 2017. PATRICK BAZ / AFP

The winding history of the Lebanese-Syrian border

Once a united land mass, Lebanon and Syria have struggled to mark their borders since the end of the French mandate in 1946. Now there is a new push to draw a line once and for all.

Sami Moubayed 02, May 2025
SDF leader Mazloum Abdi (C) and Hamid Darbandi (C-R behind), envoy of Iraqi Kurdish politician Masoud Barzani, attend the pan-Kurdish "Unity and Consensus" conference in Qamishli in northeastern Syria on April 26, 2025. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

In U-turn, Syrian Kurds are now demanding federalism

Having agreed on an outline for integration with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa last month, Kurdish-led groups have now issued a raft of contradictory demands, angering both Damascus and Ankara

Omer Onhon 30, Apr 2025

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 29, Apr 2025
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Hussein Al-Sheikh: navigating the maze of peace and power

In his new role as Palestinian Authority vice president, he will have to contend with the PA's growing unpopularity, internal divisions, and Netanyahu's vehement opposition to a Palestinian state

Ahmed Maher 29, Apr 2025
This picture shows a magazine front page at a kiosk in Tehran on April 19, 2025, featuring the Iran-US talks on the Iranian nuclear programme. ATTA KENARE/ AFP

US-Iran talks steam ahead

Both sides are committed to getting a deal, but will outsiders be able to derail them?

Arash Azizi 29, Apr 2025

Israel wages a war of starvation on Gaza

Fares Garabet 28, Apr 2025
A security officer loyal to the interim Syrian government guards a checkpoint previously held by supporters of deposed president, Bashar al-Assad, in the town of Hmeimim, in the coastal province of Latakia, on March 11, 2025. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP

Security along the Syrian coast is a work-in-progress

Weapons caches, investigations into killings, ongoing raids and kidnappings, coordinated assaults, roadblocks, and sporadic fighting does not instil confidence, but some residents see reason to hope.

Subhi Franjieh 28, Apr 2025
Supporters of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood take part in a protest in the village of Sweimeh, near the Jordanian border with the occupied West Bank, on May 21, 2021, to express their solidarity with Palestinians. Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP

Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan: from partnership to proscription

Once welcome in Amman, the increasingly problematic Brotherhood has now been banned after 16 people accused of planning acts of sabotage using missiles and drones were arrested this month

Malek Al Athamna 27, Apr 2025
Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada's Conservative Party, speaks during a news conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Cole Burston / Getty

Pierre Poilievre: Canada's Conservative PM contender

After enjoying a two-year lead in the polls, Conservatives now look poised to lose the 28 April election. Al Majalla explains how Trump's adversarial policy towards Canada is the reason for this shift

Con Coughlin 27, Apr 2025
Syrian soldiers wave as they leave Lebanon 26 April 2005 in Masnaa. Lebanese danced with joy as the last Syrian troops crossed the border back home, ending their 29-year presence in Lebanon. JOSEPH BARRAK / AFP

This day in history: Syria ends its 29-year military occupation of Lebanon

On 26 April 2005, Syria was forced to pull its troops from a country that US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had tacitly invited in a year after the civil war erupted in 1975

Sami Moubayed 26, Apr 2025
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Will Iran-Israel strikes derail Trump's Mideast vision?

14 June 2025

Trump and Netanyahu disagree on whether to use military force to stop Iran's nuclear programme, and Israel's punishing attack on Iran places the region on a worrisome trajectory

Robert Ford
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men inspect the damage at the site of an Iranian missile strike in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, on June 16, 2025. OHN WESSELS / AFP
Business & Economy

How the Israel-Iran flare-up is impacting the global economy

16 June 2025

From spiking crude to dwindling confidence, the sudden and unprecedented escalation between these two regional powers has sent markets into a tailspin

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
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Politics

Nuclear claims are a smoke screen for hopes of toppling Iran

15 June 2025

The Israeli strikes aren't about facilities or centrifuges, but regime change

Jeffrey Lewis
Opinion

Iran has no place in Netanyahu's 'new Middle East' vision

16 June 2025

The Islamic Republic of Iran remains a key obstacle to Netanyahu's post-October 7 vision for a 'new Middle East'. This helps explain the ferocity of Israel's unprecedented attack on its long-time foe.

Ibrahim Hamidi
After Israel attacked Iran overnight on June 12, Tehran responded with a barrage of missile salvos hitting Tel Aviv, June 13, 2025.
Politics

Where is Israel's unprecedented Iran attack taking the region?

13 June 2025

While Israel's attack dealt a severe blow to Iran's military and nuclear infrastructure, the long-term impact remains uncertain as Tehran's potential for retaliation introduces new risks

Michael Horowitz

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