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A Lebanese soldier films a house in south Lebanon destroyed by Israel on 22 September 2026. Reuters

Will Israel rethink Lebanon?

Its current gratuitously destructive approach will neither eliminate Hezbollah militarily nor empower Lebanese leaders politically to pursue cooperation and peace

Frederic C. Hof 08 October 2026
Beirut Galerie Janine Rubeiz

Jamil Molaeb’s 'Journeys of Cities': where old meets new

Each time the veteran Lebanese painter displays his past works, they bring a new lustre. It is not so much a push into the past as a pulling of the present

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 03 October 2026

Lebanon's government: between a rock and a hard place

Fares Garabet 19 August 2026

Israel whittles down Lebanon's border

Fares Garabet 04 August 2026
Axel Rangel Garcia

Why Israel may want to start ‘fighting smart’ in Lebanon

An Israeli diplomat recently told Lebanese Shiites that Israel did not see them as the enemy, but it is a difficult argument to make given the death and destruction. Is there a better way?

Frederic C. Hof 02 August 2026
An explosion of what appears to be white phosphorus fired by the Israeli military on the Lebanese side of the border on 10 May 2026. Reuters

The devastating impact of war on southern Lebanon’s farmers

Agriculture is a vital industry in Lebanon and some of the country's most fertile land is in the south, but Israeli munitions have caused immense and lasting damage, the scale of which is now emerging

Thuraya Shahin 30 July 2026
The Lebanese novelist Jabbour Douaihy lived between two worlds and two languages Lina Jaradat

Jabbour Douaihy and the art of living between two shores

Five years after his death, Douaihy's novels reveal how one of Lebanon's greatest writers lived between two languages, two worlds, and transformed the news of the day into stories that outlasted it

Bahaa Iy'ali 26 July 2026
Lebanese soldiers stand on a road near the entrance to the southern village of Zawtar al-Garhbiya on July 21, 2026. Fadel Itani/AFP

Reclaiming southern Lebanon village by village

Al Majalla visits an area where the locals refused to leave their homes to be used by Hezbollah, so they blocked roads, invited the army in, and coordinated with neighbouring areas

Lina Khatib 25 July 2026
Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani hold a document on the formation of a joint Syrian-Lebanese committee as they meet in Beirut, Lebanon, July 2, 2026. Reuters

Syria and Lebanon relations as seen in two agreements

An accord from 1991 reinforced Syrian tutelage in Lebanon, but the days of the Assad regime and the occupation of its smaller neighbour are long gone. Will the 2026 accord usher in a new era?

Fayza Diab 21 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
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Can the Houthis be defeated?

15, Oct 2026

In this week's cover story, Al Majalla examines the military balance of power on the ground, the networks through which the Houthis obtain weapons, and the foreign support they receive

Al Majalla - London
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Trump's tariffs are changing the global trade ecosystem

16, Oct 2026

Trade routes and composition have changed, but not the overall flow, with ASEAN countries playing a bigger role

Abdulfattah Khattab
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Ms. Rachel, Gaza, and the power of education

13, Oct 2026

As YouTube star Accurso's influence grew, she transitioned from educator to child advocate. But it only became 'controversial' when she spoke up for Palestinian kids

Hala Al-Naji
Members of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) arrive at the Moroccan side of the border crossing between Morocco and Mauritania in the Guerguerat area of Western Sahara on 25 November, 2020 AFP
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Western Sahara's MINURSO faces an uncertain future

15, Oct 2026

Boulos's remarks shattered expectations that UN Security Council Resolution 2797—which made Morocco's autonomy plan the basis for negotiations—would quickly translate into a final settlement

Rabia Abdul Salam
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The 9 Arab films vying for an Oscar

08, Oct 2026

From Gaza to Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Iraq, and Algeria, this year's Arab Oscar submissions explore stories of conflict, displacement, memory, and survival

Wael Said

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