Controversial move
Qurei's recent comments have retrieved from the annals of history the controversial one-state solution. But is his intervention serious? Khalid Amayreh reports from the West Bank

Sins of the father
The arrest of Qassam Barghouti draws the son into Israel's standoff with his intrepid father, reports Nyier Abdou

Smiles all round
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad paid a groundbreaking visit to Turkey last week. But beneath the talk of warmer bilateral ties, each country was also pursuing its own agenda, reports Gareth Jenkins from Istanbul

Comment: Backhand volley
As Israel and Syria launch a game of political ping-pong, the time does not seem ripe for the resumption of comprehensive peace talks, writes Imad Fawzi Shueibi

Who got him?
A newly released photo of Saddam Hussein at the point of capture triggered further speculation about who captured him and how. Mona Anis sifts through the evidence

Blood from a stone
In one of the world's most oil-rich countries, petrol remains a scarce commodity. Ashraf Khalil chronicles a day in the life of two Baghdad gas stations

Quietly optimistic
With the conclusion of a pact between the Sudanese government and the SPLA to share the country's oil revenues, Washington is pleased with the pace of progress of the Sudanese peace talks, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Power corrupts
Candidates for the upcoming Algerian presidential elections are uniting against President Bouteflika, but it will take the interference of the army to guarantee a free vote, writes Amira Howeidy

Nothing going on?
Libya describes reports that it is holding secret talks with Israel as baseless. Rasha Saad investigates

Path of good intentions
If democracy is truly to take root in the Arab world, the impetus for change must come from within. John R Bradley listens to debate at the Inter-Governmental Regional Conference in Sana'a