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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
AFP/Reuters/Axel Rangel Garcia

Israel’s long penetration war pays off

Its killing of Iran's Supreme Leader shows how patient recruitment and mapping created an opportunity for a decisive blow

Michael Horowitz 06 March 2026
Al Majalla

Israel's race for regime change in Iran

Israel knows its military operation cannot last forever, so it is racing to either kill or fatally wound the Islamic Republic before the clock runs out

Michael Horowitz 03 March 2026

Opposing the Iranian regime and welcoming the bombs aren't the same thing

Trump's appeal to Iranians to seize their freedom once American and Israeli strikes are finished fundamentally misreads a people whose history has taught them key lessons

Ahmed Maher 28 February 2026
Sara Padovan

Operation Epic Fury: the point of no return

The US and Israel carried out strikes across Iran, and Tehran has retaliated by striking US/Israeli assets across the region. Could this turn into the regional war analysts have been warning about?

Michael Horowitz 28 February 2026
A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on 28 February 2026 as US and Israeli attacks on the country commence. ATTA KENARE / AFP

US-Israel attack Iran but end goal remains unclear

Military strategists have long warned that war should be waged only if those waging it know what they want to achieve. Herein lies a problem: Washington's war aims in Iran are incoherent.

Futoshi Matsumoto 28 February 2026

Huckabee's 'they could take it all' comment enrages Arabs

Fares Garabet 25 February 2026
Al Majalla

Unpacking Netanyahu’s rush to Washington

His meeting with Trump on 11 February, moved up a full week from its original date and just after talks began between Iran and the US, isn't a routine consultation between allies—it's an intervention

Michael Horowitz 11 February 2026
Ambulances wait in line at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian Gaza Strip, in northeastern Egypt on the first day of the evacuation of some 50 Palestinian, at the Rafah crossing on 2 February 2026. AFP

The Rafah crossing is open, but so is the battle for Gaza

Israel wants Palestinians to leave the Strip as part of its 'depopulation and resettlement' strategy, but Egypt is fighting to give them the option to return to their homeland

Amr Emam 04 February 2026
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Business & Economy

The skyrocketing cost of Epic Fury

19 March 2026

From military spending to energy markets, the US-Israeli war on Iran is driving rising costs, with the Strait of Hormuz emerging as a central pressure point

Thuraya Shahin
Sara Gironi Carnevale
Politics

US public opinion is decisively shifting against Israel

20 March 2026

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
Pete Reynolds
Business & Economy

Energy infrastructure attacks and the new security imperative

17 March 2026

By attacking Gulf energy infrastructure, Iran aims to apply economic and geopolitical pressure as a way to avoid large-scale conflict

Jessica Obeid
A member of the security forces, holding a picture of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, observes protesters as they gather for a rally in support of the new Supreme Leader in Enghelab Square in Tehran, on 9 March 2026. Getty/ Al Majalla
Politics

Decapitation strikes unlikely to topple Iran's regime

18 March 2026

Instead of taking down the Islamic Republic, what the assassinations have done is harden public support and accelerate the regime's militarisation

Alex Vatanka
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Strait of Hormuz: the waterway critical to global trade 

18 March 2026

Any disruption in the Hormuz has cascading knock-on effects that extend far beyond energy markets, impacting international trade. Al Majalla explores all this and more.

Al Majalla - London

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