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Iraqi Turkmen flags hang along a street in Kirkuk's oil-rich, multi-ethnic northern city ahead of the May 12, 2018 parliamentary polls. SABAH ARAR / AFP

How Arabs and Kurds are sidelining Iraq's Turkmen community

Once part of the elite, the fortunes of the country's 'third nationality' have fallen. Politically sidelined for supporting Turkey, Iraq's Turkmen have had enough and are now starting to leave.

Rustum Mahmud 09 October 2024
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani (C-L) meets US President Joe Biden (C-R) at the White House to discuss economic opportunities in April 2024. AFP

Al Sudani's visit to Washington went well. Now for the hard bit…

The Iraqi PM and Joe Biden stuck to the script, emphasising economic opportunities. No one mentioned US troop withdrawal, but Baghdad's tense relations with Iraqi Kurds did come up.

Aqeel Abbas 21 April 2024
The history of Kurdish factions’ demands and tactics across four states is fascinating, not least for their relationships with the states in question. Andrei Cojocaru

After 100 years of armed struggle, what next for the Kurds?

The history of Kurdish factions' demands and tactics across four states is fascinating, not least for their relationships with the states in question.

Rustum Mahmud 13 February 2024
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
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Donald Trump at the White House, Washington, on 18 November 2025.
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Saudi Arabia scores ally upgrade in Washington

19 November 2025

Trump elevates Saudi Arabia to 'major non-NATO ally' status, but bigger issues of normalisation with Israel and a binding security treaty need more time. Nonetheless, this is a huge step forward.

Abdullah F. Alrebh
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Business & Economy

From oil to AI: a century of Saudi-US partnership

17 November 2025

The Saudi-US alliance is entering a new phase—one characterised by maturity, equilibrium, and a shared vision attuned to a world increasingly shaped by technology

Omar Harkous
Al Majalla's Editor-in-Chief Ibrahim Hamidi interviews Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on 13 November 2025. Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Asaad al-Shaibani on how Syria untangled its Russian knot

18 November 2025

In Part 1 of a two-part interview with Al Majalla, Syria's foreign minister explains how the Assad regime fell and how President Ahmed al-Sharaa went from a wanted man to a world leader

Ibrahim Hamidi
Opinion

A new Ukraine peace plan surfaces out of the blue

20 November 2025

Kyiv looks to be under renewed pressure amid reports that Russia and the US have been secretly drafting a 28-point peace plan to put an end to the conflict

Con Coughlin
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Culture & Social Affairs

'It Was Just An Accident' takes on the morality of revenge

19 November 2025

Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi tells the story of a group of ordinary people, all tortured by the same man, grappling with whether or not to take justice into their own hands

Maram Abou Hawach

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