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Sharaa in Moscow

Fares Garabet 15 October 2025
Shelly Kittleson

Patience wears thin for Arabs from Syria's SDF areas

Al Majalla spoke to natives of both sides of the river in Syria's divided, oil-rich province Deir ez-Zor over a period of several months to understand whether more conflict might be in the offing

Shelly Kittleson 11 October 2025
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) visits the polling station where members of Syrian local committees have been casting their votes to select members of an interim parliament, in Damascus on October 5, 2025. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP

Cheers and jeers as Syria votes in first post-Assad parliament

Only 4% of 119 members selected in the indirect vote were women, and only two Christians, sparking concerns about inclusivity and fairness. Meanwhile, voting was postponed in Druze and Kurdish areas.

Subhi Franjieh 07 October 2025
Al Majalla

Ilham Ahmed on negotiating Syria’s future

In a wide-ranging sitdown interview with Al Majalla, AANES Foreign Affairs Chief Ilham Ahmed lays out the lingering points of contention with Damascus and the way forward

Ibrahim Hamidi 03 October 2025
Ahmed al-Sharaa, President of the Syrian Arab Republic, and General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.) speak onstage during the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York Times Square on September 22, 2025. Riccardo Savi / AFP

Sharaa gets warm UN welcome. But can he break the ice in Congress?

Facing a legitimacy crisis both at home and abroad, the new Syrian administration may find that the road to full acceptance and sanctions relief will be a long one

Caroline Rose 01 October 2025
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Artist Elias Izoli returns with an exploration of balance

The Syrian painter's new exhibition shows how tragedies around the world have shaped him and his work

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 01 October 2025
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2025. TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP

Syria's return to the world stage hinges on reform

Syria's future will hinge not on speeches delivered to international audiences but on Sharaa's ability to build durable stability and restore trust at home

Haid Haid 28 September 2025
Jay Torres

Hezbollah’s fragmented drug economy

The combined effect of the shocks to the Assad regime and Hezbollah's operational capacity has been to transform, rather than end, illicit cross-border economies like arms and captagon

Caroline Rose 27 September 2025

Sharaa first Syrian president to address UN in 58 years

Fares Garabet 24 September 2025
Umm Walid sits near her grandchildren in a room of an unfinished building where she lives with her five children and their families in the Daf al-Sakhr neighbourhood of Jaramana on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP

Syria’s new draft tax law: capital over social equity?

A tax system proposed by Syrian authorities—aimed at boosting investment and growth—will help the wealthy, but will it make the economy more productive and help the poor?

Joseph Daher 23 September 2025
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A municipal worker fixes a sign in Sharm el-Sheikh, as the Egyptian resort town gets ready to host a US-brokered Gaza peace summit, on October 12, 2025. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
Politics

Gaza ceasefire takes off, but expect turbulence ahead

11 October 2025

Al Majalla lays out four key hurdles to clear to ensure the truce sticks this time around

Brian Katulis
US President Donald Trump greets Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. Evan Vucci / AFP
Politics

Can Palestinians trust Donald Trump?

14 October 2025

Only US pressure will ensure that Israel honours the Gaza ceasefire

Omar H. Rahman
Nesma Moharam
Politics

Two years after October 7

06 October 2025

Al Majalla examines the repercussions of Hamas's attack on Israel, which set into motion a series of significant changes and power shifts in the Middle East

Al Majalla - London
Malagasy Colonel Michael Randrianirina, head of the CAPSAT military unit, reads out a statement in front of the presidential palace, where he announces the army is taking power in Antananarivo on October 14, 2025. Luis TATO / AFP
Politics

Madagascar's military coup is part of a wider African trend

14 October 2025

A rapid chain of events led to the president fleeing for his life following deadly clashes with citizens. But what happened is not uncommon for Africa. Al Majalla explains why.

Sergey Eledinov
Iraqi painter and sculptor Dia al-Azzawi
Culture & Social Affairs

Dia Azzawi’s latest murals mourn the ruin of Arab cities

09 October 2025

Iraqi sculptor's epic wall-mounted installations evoke the destruction of Aleppo and Mosul, displayed in Beirut in the shadow of ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Mohamed abi Samra

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