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Trump presses pause on Project Freedom

Fares Garabet 06 May 2026
US President Donald Trump and Britain's King Charles talk as they watch a pass in review during an arrival ceremony for the king and Queen Camilla, at the White House in Washington, DC, on 28 April 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarq

King Charles, Trump toast ties despite Iran differences

Trump has slammed Starmer for not aiding the US in its war on Iran, but a visit by the British monarch looks to have helped smooth over recent tensions

Con Coughlin 30 April 2026
Vice President JD Vance at a news conference as Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen on 12 April 2026, in Islamabad. Jacquelyn Martin/ REUTERS

The US has ditched professional diplomacy

The first priority is Trump's image, not national interests.

Nicholas Grossman 24 April 2026
Eduardo Ramon

Trump has lost the Iran war, but how badly?

While all the effects of this conflict may take time to fully realise, short and medium-term signs expose the limits of US power and see America's rivals benefiting

Christopher Phillips 21 April 2026
Pete Reynolds

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford 16 April 2026
Al Majalla

Can NATO survive the US-Iran war?

The UK and France said on Monday they would stay out of Trump's plan to blockade Iranian ports, in a move likely to anger Trump and increase strains in the alliance.

Omer Onhon 14 April 2026
Al Majalla

The one thing that terrifies Donald Trump

Iran discovered his Achilles' heel—a market slump.

Michael Hirsh 10 April 2026
Al Majalla

The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

Brian Katulis 07 April 2026

Trump's war of distraction backfires

Fares Garabet 01 April 2026
Al Majalla

Trump is losing the war in Iran

One month in, the Islamic Republic is winning merely by surviving.

Ravi Agrawal 01 April 2026
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Why a cornered Iran is also a problem for China

02 May 2026

Even when appeals to open the Hormuz Strait come from a close ally like Beijing, they fall on deaf ears in Tehran. But hope is not yet lost.

Xiaotong Yang
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

Global airfares soar amid ongoing US-Iran turmoil

04 May 2026

Airspace closures, rising fuel costs, shifting flight maps and delayed aircraft deliveries have repriced flights around the world, with some travel routes hit worse than others

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
A man holds a flag featuring the late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and the new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, at a rally in Tehran on 29 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Real Iran splits and the myth of division

04 May 2026

The argument is over the price and presentation, not the basic instinct to preserve the system

Alex Vatanka
A Lebanese guard stands in front of  Magen Abraham, the last Jewish synagogue in Lebanon at Wadi Abou Jmil, Beirut's former Jewish neighbourhood, in the war-devastated city centre. JOSEPH BARRAK / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

New book recalls Beirut’s once-vibrant Jewish quarter

01 May 2026

Veteran Lebanese journalist Nada Abdelsamad transports readers back to the time when Beirut's Jewish quarter, known at the time as Wadi al-Yahud, was thriving

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush
Turkish fighter jets fly over a warship in Kyrenia, in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. AFP
Politics

How the Iran war changed Türkiye’s security calculus

05 May 2026

Ankara's national security priority is no longer Kurds or Gülenists, but Israel. Likewise, in Tel Aviv, Türkiye is increasingly seen as a future Israeli adversary. Both are preparing accordingly

Rustum Mahmud

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