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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, January 15, 2025. Reuters

Armed Kurds next door? Syria's new leaders know Türkiye's red line

Damascus needs to incorporate the YPG into its new national army, but Ankara is keen to disband the US-backed group. Cue the diplomacy.

Omer Onhon 16 January 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Devlet Bahçeli, the chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). AFP

An emboldened Erdoğan tries once more to resolve the 'Kurdish issue'

Buoyed by a string of recent successes, the Turkish president wants to capitalise on a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity to finally put to rest a longstanding battle with the PKK

Omer Onhon 10 January 2025

SDF on shaky ground in new Syria

Fares Garabet 23 December 2024
Turkish strikes on October 5 on the Kurdish-controlled region of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria hit a car, killing two people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. AFP

Lifting the veil on US-Turkey escalation in Syria

As tensions boil over after a YPG-linked terrorist attack in Ankara, Turkey ramps up attacks on the PKK. The US has stood by its YPG allies, coming close to direct confrontation with its NATO ally.

Omer Onhon 06 October 2023
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A municipal worker fixes a sign in Sharm el-Sheikh, as the Egyptian resort town gets ready to host a US-brokered Gaza peace summit, on October 12, 2025. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
Politics

Gaza ceasefire takes off, but expect turbulence ahead

11 October 2025

Al Majalla lays out four key hurdles to clear to ensure the truce sticks this time around

Brian Katulis
Opinion

Syria’s new parliament raises old questions

11 October 2025

If exclusion and opacity persist, Syria risks reinforcing the very conditions that led to its collapse. It isn't just the legitimacy of one election cycle that's at stake, but the entire transition.

Haid Haid
Nesma Moharam
Politics

Two years after October 7

06 October 2025

Al Majalla examines the repercussions of Hamas's attack on Israel, which set into motion a series of significant changes and power shifts in the Middle East

Al Majalla - London
A deal being signed at the recently held  Cultural Investment Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 30, 2025. SPA
Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia ramps up investment in culture

08 October 2025

Whether in cinema or heritage, there are dozens of big cultural projects that investors are interested in, as the sector increasingly contributes towards growth and development.

Turki Harbi
Iranian writer and translator Hamid Reza Mohajerani Supplied
Culture & Social Affairs

Hamid Reza Mohajerani on the shared heritage of Farsi and Arabic

07 October 2025

In an interview with Al Majalla, the Iranian writer and translator explains why he learned Arabic, its similarities and differences with Farsi, and how politics can stifle creativity

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush

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