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US Navy 5th Fleet spokesman Commander Tim Hawkins is pictured at the 5th Fleet Headquarters in the Bahraini capital Manama on 26 October 2021. Mazen Mahdi / AFP
Politics

'We are sealing Iran's ports and keeping Hormuz open'

Ahmed Maher 30 August 2026
Motorists drive past a billboard in Tehran depicting Trump drowning in the Strait of Hormuz on 24 August 2026. AFP
Politics

The US is learning the wrong lessons in Iran

Bret Devereaux 29 August 2026
Artist Shereen Abdel-Karim, creator of The Face of the City. Concorto Film Festival

Artist Shereen Abdel Karim and Gaza’s memory against erasure

As war continues to erase the physical landscape of Gaza, the Palestinian artist turns to photography, testimony, and digital media to preserve the city's human fabric

Houssam Marouf 08 July 2026

Football in the Arab world: a relationship revealed in seven books

The beautiful game cuts across class and conflict, changing relationships and communities. Al Majalla looks at its depiction in Arab literature

Ibrahim Adel 07 July 2026
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and US President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in the city of Évian, eastern France, on 17 June 2026. AFP

Trump returns focus to Nile dam dispute, but is it too late?

The US wants to revive talks on Ethiopia's Nile dam, but another strategic contest between Addis Ababa and Cairo has emerged in the Red Sea, which could complicate reconciliation efforts

Amr Emam 07 July 2026
Powered by Libya's oil wealth, the Haftar family are managing a succession. Harol Bustos

Saddam Haftar: Benghazi is the base but Tripoli is the prize

The dominant family in Libya's east tried to take the capital by force in 2019 but were thwarted. Could a son's carefully planned succession soon lead to the same outcome?

Areig Elhag 06 July 2026
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio oversees the signing of the framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon in Washington on 26 June 2026. Reuters

One town at a time: Israel, Lebanon boost coordination

Under US tutelage, Tel Aviv and Beirut have agreed to work together to disarm Hezbollah and gradually replace Israel's army with Lebanon's in the south

Thuraya Shahin 03 July 2026
Lina Jaradat

Aly Eissa's new works: East-West musical fusion, his way

In Menoh Fih and Qishr al-Bayd, the Egyptian oud player absorbs from his Eastern heritage a sense of freedom in handling, play, and improvised surprise

Fadi El-Abdallah 03 July 2026
An oil and gas platform off the coast of Libya on February 25, 2022. Türkiye and Greece are at loggerheads over a Turkish-Libyan agreement on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea. Getty Images

Is Libya entering a gas golden age?

New discoveries and multibillion-dollar investments are redrawing the country's energy map

Rana Freifer 03 July 2026
Andrei Cojocaru

Libya: power sharing

Is a new US plan capable of achieving real unification, or is it simply managing division?

Al Majalla - London 02 July 2026
Saddam Haftar attends a military parade in Benghazi. AFP

Libya’s intransigent factions test US push for unity

Power-sharing between east and west should be possible, but negotiations get tricky when it comes to dividing revenues and remits. Will the two rival families agree to compromise?

Tarek Megerisi 02 July 2026
High-ranking leaders from Türkiye, Libya, and the United States during the opening ceremony of the "Flintlock-2026" exercises in Sirte, Libya, on 14 April 2026. AFRICOM

Trump's Libya deal: a 'forced marriage' between East and West?

The Haftar family in the east and the Dbeibeh family in the west are both influential players in the Tripoli-Benghazi standoff, but envoys from the US and UN are trying to find a way through.

Manaf Saad 02 July 2026
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on 15 August 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska, where Donald Trump met with Vladimir Putin for peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. ANDREW HARNIK / AFP
Politics

Why Ratcliffe's secret visit to Moscow is concerning

27 August 2026

The American CIA director's visit looks to be a desperate attempt by the Trump administration to avert a doomsday scenario in which NATO is pulled into a larger war with Russia

Con Coughlin
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting in Beijing, China, on 2 September 2025. Reuters
Business & Economy

Will US sanctions on Iran bite? It may depend on China

26 August 2026

Beijing says it will not abide by the new 'Economic D-Day' measures and warns the US of retaliation if they hurt their oil trade with Tehran

Rana Freifer
Nigel Buchanan
Politics

Gadi Eisenkot: Israel’s next leader?

27 August 2026

Al Majalla looks at the former army general's career, political positions, possible paths to victory, and what a change in leadership could mean for Israel and the region after three years of war

Al Majalla - London
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

When myth replaces medicine

25 August 2026

As social media transforms how people seek medical advice, figures such as Barbara O'Neill offer something conventional medicine rarely can: absolute certainty

Mohammed Mansour
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posing after signing the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 7 August, 2026. PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE / AFP
Politics

Networked Middle East security

22 August 2026

The Iran war exposed the risks of being too closely tied to US military posture, which is why some Gulf states are repositioning themselves not merely as consumers of security but as architects of it

Bilal Saab

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