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Donald Trump seems to be ignoring the state’s accumulated historical, political, legal, and customary traditions, including when it comes to assassinations. Mark Smith
Politics

From Khamenei to Maduro: no more red lines for Trump’s America

Aqeel Abbas 29 May 2026
US President Donald Trump with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on 10 November 2025. SANA / AFP
Politics

Why Syria-US ties cannot rely on leaders’ personal chemistry

Haid Haid 28 May 2026
Vice President JD Vance at a news conference as Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen on 12 April 2026, in Islamabad. Jacquelyn Martin/ REUTERS

The US has ditched professional diplomacy

The first priority is Trump's image, not national interests.

Nicholas Grossman 24 April 2026
Pete Reynolds

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford 16 April 2026
Al Majalla

The one thing that terrifies Donald Trump

Iran discovered his Achilles' heel—a market slump.

Michael Hirsh 10 April 2026
Joe Kent testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on 11 December 2025, in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker / AFP

Joe Kent: the US counter-terrorism chief who resigned over Iran war

A former Special Forces soldier picked by Trump for a senior intelligence position has just left his post, saying his boss has been duped into fighting for Israel. Who is he?

Kamal Alam 21 March 2026
Sara Gironi Carnevale

US public opinion is decisively shifting against Israel

Until fairly recently, most Americans sided with Israel. These days, most side with the Palestinians. That will eventually influence US foreign policy.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 21 March 2026

Operation Epstein Distraction

Fares Garabet 11 March 2026
Reuters /Al Majalla

Trump is betraying his base by waging war on Iran

Voters were promised America First, not Bush-era interventions

Emma Ashford 03 March 2026

Trump bored of peace

Fares Garabet 01 March 2026
A vendor sells merchandise to people paying their respects to the late civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson outside of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition national headquarters on 27 February 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. SCOTT OLSON / AFP

Jesse Jackson made a black president possible

The activist and civil-rights leader died on February 17th, aged 84

The Economist 01 March 2026

Supreme Court shoots down Trump's tariffs

Fares Garabet 22 February 2026
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People hold Cuban flags and a flag supporting US President Donald Trump while participating in the "Cuba Libre" demonstration in the city of Hialeah, Florida, on 24 March 2026. GIORGIO VIERA / AFP
Politics

Is the US on the verge of military intervention in Cuba?

24 May 2026

Seizing Castro could prove more costly and less effective than the capture of Maduro

William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

How fibre-optic drones are reshaping warfare

21 May 2026

Small, low-cost, and difficult to jam, they give traditional defence systems little time to respond

Marco Mossad
Protesters march during the "Rise Up for Gaza" international day of action at Washington Square Park, New York City, on 4 October 2025. Kena Betancur / AFP
Politics

US public opinion finally sours on Israel: what next?

22 May 2026

As support for Israel weakens across the US political spectrum, once-taboo questions about military aid, lobbying influence, and US backing are moving into the mainstream

Tarek Rashed
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Europe eyes Algeria's shale gas amid supply crisis

22 May 2026

Algeria is one of Africa's largest producers of hydrocarbons, and its proximity to customers in Europe makes it of growing interest as importers fret over a prolonged supply crisis from countries

Rabia Abdul Salam
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

The extravagant Hajj caravans of the sultans’ wives

22 May 2026

Through extravagant processions led by palace women, the Mamluk state projected a message of power and prestige at home and abroad, turning the Hajj obligation into a soft-power tool

Yasmin Abdallah

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