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Abd al-Rahman Pasha Sami Moubayed Archive

Abdul Rahman al-Yusuf: The Syrian pasha who was killed three times

The president of the Shura Council during Ottoman rule was assassinated and purposely left out of Syrian history. The burning down of his family mansion this week was the final nail in his coffin.

Sami Moubayed 20 July 2023
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces Delil Souleiman

Why adept Kurdish rule in Syria's northeast worries Ankara

Competent administration of the autonomous regions of north-east Syria has Ankara concerned about precedents the Kurds are setting for self-government

Rustum Mahmud 16 July 2023
MAJALLA

War of words over Syria erupts in UN Security Council: What does it mean politically?

Al Majalla obtains exclusive Syrian, Russian and Western draft resolutions being circulated in the international body

Ibrahim Hamidi 15 July 2023
Clashes with Kyiv grab the headlines, but Damascus is part of Putin's plans as wider geopolitics resonate as the war goes on Eduardo Ramon

Beyond Ukraine: How Syria remains integral to Russia’s military strategy

Clashes with Kyiv grab the headlines, but Damascus is part of Putin's plans as wider geopolitics resonate as the war goes on

Anton Mardasov 11 July 2023
Relatives and members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) carry the coffin of an Arab fighter in SDF who was killed the previous week in the eastern Deir Ezzor province, during his funeral. AFP

Why Arabs are increasingly joining the SDF in Syria's northeast

The bloodshed and brutality of Syria's long war have re-cast allegiances, with tens of thousands of Arabs fighting for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces

Rustum Mahmud 07 July 2023
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The vagabonds of Damascus past

In light of the spike in mental illness cases in Syria, Al Majalla sheds light on several famous vagabonds in Damascus from the 1950s to the 1990s

Sami Moubayed 05 July 2023
Damascus, Syria -May, 2022: Courtyard of Saladin's Mausoleum in Damascus. Shutterstock

Who said “We are back O’Saladin” when France occupied Damascus in 1920?

Both Gouraud and Goybet belonged to the same French colonial school that took great pride in the occupation of Damascus and consequent dismemberment. Al Majalla sets the record straight.

Sami Moubayed 04 July 2023
This picture taken on July 27, 2022 shows a view of sacks of confiscated captagon pills at the judicial police headquaters in the town of Kafarshima south of Lebanon's capital Beirut. AFP

Will CENTCOM play a bigger role in countering the Middle East Captagon trade?

A newly released US State Department strategy asserts that joint defence programmes in the region were key to success in curbing the Captagon drug trade

Caroline Rose 01 July 2023
A woman walks in an unpaved but central street in the town north of Baghdad. Tarmiyah, Iraq. March 20, 2023. Shelly Kittleson

Iraq tries to root out IS remnants in farms north of the capital

Islamic State attacks near Baghdad and in the oil-rich Kirkuk province have led to Iraq stepping up operations amid the summer heat

Shelly Kittleson 28 June 2023
In this file photo taken on March 3, 2019, smoke and fire billow after shelling on the Islamic State group's last holdout of Baghouz, in the eastern Syrian Deir Ezzor province. Al Majalla and AFP

Nine years after 'Islamic State' founded in Syria and Iraq, terrorism threat remains ever-present

Al Majalla journalists take a comprehensive look, six years following the group's defeat, at what has changed and what threats remain as thousands of IS fighters and families linger in Syrian camps

Al Majalla - London 28 June 2023
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Activists protest near the US Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. Activists staged multiple demonstrations near the Capitol to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington and Israel's war on Gaza. Alex Wong/ AFP
Politics

Americans are tiring of Israel. Will US policy follow?

01 September 2025

While the US public has long been supportive of Israel, its genocide in Gaza appears to have had a big effect, with most young Americans now outright hostile towards it

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Opinion

'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

07 September 2025

A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Samer Abou Hawwach
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Politics

The Lebanese army can confront Hezbollah. Here's how.

02 September 2025

Lebanon's president and prime minister have a big decision to make: whether, and how, to use the army to disarm Hezbollah. Today's army can be trusted, but its task must be well thought through.

Bilal Saab
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

How Saudi Arabia is redefining the global mining map

06 September 2025

The Future Minerals Forum has become one of the world's most influential gatherings in the minerals sector, uniting stakeholders around the shared goal of building sustainable mineral supply chains

Faisal Faeq
Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla’s Film Watch

03 September 2025

Every month, Al Majalla offers its take on the screen's newest releases, with the occasional dip into the archives to review an older classic.

Areej Jamal

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Why a Syria-Israel security agreement is so important

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