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Lieutenant General Ahmed Khalifa with Egyptian troops in Sinai near the Rafah border crossing. Egyptian military spokesman/Facebook

Egypt uses Israeli presence on Gaza border to justify troop surge in Sinai

Despite Egypt's anger over Israel's takeover of the Philadelphi Corridor in breach of its peace treaty, Cairo is now able to do something it has long wanted

Amr Emam 10 September 2024
MAJALLA

Al Majalla publishes Olmert-Kidwa peace proposal

The draft includes a Palestinian state with a capital in Jerusalem, annexation of 4.4% of the West Bank territory, and "Arab security presence" in Gaza

Al Majalla - London 07 September 2024
AFP:Eduardo Ramon

Al-Qaddumi: Arafat was poisoned; we tried to obtain the antidote to save him

Al Majalla obtains exclusive minutes detailing PLO official Faruq al-Qaddumi's account of Arafat's final days and why he believes the Palestinian leader was assassinated

Ibrahim Hamidi 06 September 2024
An Israeli Samson C-130J Super Hercules cargo plane flies over the Israeli coastal city of Netanya towards northern Israel, on August 25, 2024. Jack Guez / AFP

Back to base: calm restored as both Israel and Hezbollah claim 'victory'

Few want a major escalation but both sides feel they must respond to the other, creating a rolling boil conflict with heightened rhetoric that remains susceptible to temperature changes

Michael Horowitz 28 August 2024
An image grab taken from a video released by the Hezbollah military press office on August 16, 2024, purportedly shows military capabilities in what the video describes as an underground position. Hezbollah military press office / AFP

What the video of Hezbollah’s new mountain facility can tell us

A 'missile city' in Lebanon's mountains is either the stereotypical lair or the ultimate safe haven, depending on how you see the armed Shiite group. As an exercise in propaganda, watch the video

Badia Fahs 22 August 2024
The harrowing sounds of war in Gaza no longer come from just whistling bombs but from projected screams via Israeli quadcopters sent out over refugee camps at night. Lina Jaradat

Sounds of screams and barks: Israel's aural terror of Gaza at night

Israel's quadcopter drones are fitted with loudspeakers and flown over camps after midnight playing the sounds of children screaming and women pleading. Those who go out to help are then shot

Salem Al Rayyes 21 August 2024
The stakes are high as Israel and Iran go toe-to-toe throughout the region with a series of strikes and counter strikes. Will it be managed, or will it end dramatically? Shutterstock

At a crossroads: the Middle East now has but two choices

The past ten months have upended policy trajectories relating to the Middle East. How the conflict unfolds in the coming weeks will have huge and unpredictable consequences for millions

Paul Salem 17 August 2024
Members of Hezbollah carry the coffin of Wissam Tawil, a commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces who was killed during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon in Khirbet Silem, January 9, 2024. Aziz Taher/Reuters

Unpacking the puzzle: Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s commanders

The Lebanon-based militia has evolved its approach to losing senior personnel. These days, few who are felled are big names. Yet its problems go deeper than public relations

Lina Khatib 06 August 2024
A billboard portrait of slain leaders Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas (L), Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani (C), and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr (R) on the main road near Beirut Airport on August 3, 2024. Ibrahim Amro/AFP

Betrayed from within: how Israel thoroughly penetrated its enemy

Only with inside knowledge could Israel have killed so many senior figures from Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Iranian military. The axis of resistance needs to face facts: it is completely compromised

Alia Mansour 05 August 2024
Fares Garabet

Backs to the (same) wall (as the enemy)

Fares Garabet 05 August 2024
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US President Donald Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Politics

Putin rides high after Alaska

18 August 2025

Seven instances that showed the Russian leader had the upper hand during his meeting with Trump

Robert Ford
David Corenswet in 'Superman'
Culture & Social Affairs

The new 'Superman' is not as pro-Palestine as some think

20 August 2025

The depiction of a land-grabbing colonialist power turning on its weaker neighbour feels aimed at Israel, its advocates say. Yet supporters of Palestine should be up in arms, too.

Samer Abou Hawwach
US Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack, also special envoy to Syria, fields questions from journalists after meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on August 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Politics

Lebanon at a crossroads over Hezbollah arms

18 August 2025

US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack used his latest visit to Beirut to deliver what was, in effect, an ultimatum to the Lebanese government, though he took care not to present it as such

Michael Harari
A Saudi Aramco rig in the HSBH field north of Dhahran in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. AFP
Business & Economy

The Arab Gulf’s gas moment

21 August 2025

The Arab Gulf is stepping into a pivotal role in global energy markets—not just as a swing oil supplier, but as a gas powerhouse

Neil Quilliam
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes an address following an emergency cabinet meeting on Gaza at 10 Downing Street in London on July 29, 2025. Toby Melville / AFP
Politics

Performative politics: Palestine recognition pledges ring hollow

18 August 2025

The moves by France, the UK and other Western states appear to be more about appeasing domestic critics with symbolic gestures rather than a genuine attempt to change Israel's behaviour

Christopher Phillips

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