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Trump, Sharaa, and the future of Syria Lina Jaradat
Politics

Trump, Sharaa, and the future of Syria

Robert Ford 07 December 2025
Picture for illustrative purposes only. A Muslim takes part in Eid-al-Fitr prayer marking the end of their holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Silver Spring, Maryland, on 19 August, 2012. JEWEL SAMAD / AFP
Politics

Trump’s Brotherhood ban means it has to shapeshift to survive

Abdullah F. Alrebh 29 November 2025
Yusra Naim

Zohran Mamdani: New York City's first Muslim mayor?

His supporters say his mayoral primary victory could be an inflexion point in American politics that shows the electoral viability of left-wing policies and support for Palestinian rights

Con Coughlin 28 June 2025

Trump puts the 'theatre' in war theatre

Fares Garabet 25 June 2025
Do you ever wonder if you could be a spy? Find out what it takes from spies throughout history, including Morten Storm, Dimitri Bystrolyotov, Mata Hari, Sir Francis Walsingham, and James Lafayette. Sam Kittner for the International Spy Museum

Secrets and surveillance: a look at Washington’s spy museum

Israel's intelligence-led operation against Iran has thrust the world's second oldest profession back into the spotlight. An interactive building in the American capital offers intriguing insight.

Osama Esber 21 June 2025
Eduardo Ramon

Gavin Newsom: the California governor in Trump's crosshairs

His vocal criticism of Trump's immigration tactics has seen him emerge as one of the president's most prominent opponents, prompting speculation that he may have presidential ambitions

Con Coughlin 14 June 2025

Trump deploys National Guard to key US cities

Fares Garabet 12 June 2025
US President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, June 10, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

Trump’s choice on Iran

Will he be the president to finally break America's addiction to Middle East interventions?

Emma Ashford 11 June 2025
Restructuring the US State Department lets President Donald Trump withdraw from the country from its global leadership position in areas such as human rights and gender equality. Jay Torres

Trimming the fat? Rubio’s US State Department reorganisation

In an increasingly interconnected world, the siloing of the State Department's key thematic programmes will complicate the Trump administration's approach to global conflicts and crises.

Caroline Rose 04 June 2025
 A protester holds a sign reading "There are no universities left in Gaza" amid the commencement ceremony on May 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Libby O'Neill / AFP

Campus cacophony: Trump stamps on academic freedoms

Billions of dollars in federal funding have been withheld from universities where Gaza protests were staged, ostensibly for reasons of antisemitism. What will the impact be?

Khaled Yousri 01 June 2025

US pauses new sanctions on Russia to keep peace talks alive

Fares Garabet 29 May 2025
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Taha

Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha: Pulitzer Prize is a recognition of our story

The US-based writer does not hold back in what he pens for American readers, nor is he censored. There is just one word that he is forbidden from using.

Houssam Marouf 26 May 2025
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Lina Jaradat
Politics

Trump, Sharaa, and the future of Syria

05 December 2025

There was visible warmth when the US and Syrian presidents met in the Oval Office last month, with some even speculating a Trump visit to Damascus. But there is much to do before that happens.

Robert Ford
AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

The GCC moves from ‘safe neutrality’ to ‘indivisible security’

05 December 2025

Following the unprecedented attacks on Qatar, Gulf leaders have pledged to forge a unified defence front, marking a historic shift from cautious neutrality to collective security

Omar Harkous
Jay Torres
Politics

The evolution of Latin America’s drug cartels

04 December 2025

What began as a locally rooted trade in coca leaves and opium evolved into a transnational system of cartels that challenged governments, corrupted institutions, and destabilised countries

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Why the US is asking Lebanon for its bomb back

05 December 2025

When Israel killed a Hezbollah military chief in late November, one GBU-39 bomb failed to detonate, leaving Washington worried that its adversaries could reverse engineer it

Michael Horowitz
Spanish poet Miriam Reyes Wikimedia Commons
Culture & Social Affairs

Spanish poet Miriam Reyes on escaping the prison of the page

03 December 2025

With her collection 'Con' having won Spain's 2025 National Poetry Prize, the Galician writer spoke to Al Majalla about the process of creation as she works on her first novel.

Mohammed Al-Bittari

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