Israel lays waste to Rafah, reports Khaled Amayreh from Gaza

Exiled Palestinians commemorate the Nakba of 1948, Serene Assir reports from Ein Helweh and Beirut

The Syria Accountability Act reveals that the political goals of the US in the region are not as simple as they might appear, writes Emad Fawzi Shoeibi from Damascus

The struggle for the leadership of Iraq's Shia is at the heart of Muqtada Al-Sadr's standoff with the US-led occupation forces. Omayma Abdel-Latif reports

The Turkish government is challenging the secular establishment over educational reform, reports Gareth Jenkins from Istanbul

Yemenis are worried about the implications of radical economic reform, reports Peter Willems from Sanaa

Neither the United States nor the United Kingdom is untouchable on the issue of torture. Curtis Doebbler reviews what may be done now to end the inhuman treatment of Iraqi prisoners, bringing those responsible, including at the highest levels, to justice

The Abu Ghraib images are an indication of the degree to which both Iraq and the occupying powers themselves have been brutalised by the invasion and occupation, writes Haim Bresheeth

The appalling photographs and video clips of Iraqi prisoners tortured and abused at the hands of US troops in Abu Ghraib prison irrevocably tarnish the images of America's military, writes Philip Taylor

After publishing fake photographs of tortured and sexually-abused Iraqi prisoners the editor of Britain's The Daily Mirror got the sack, reports Alistair Alexander from London

What "missed opportunities"? Fifty-six years after the establishment of the state of Israel, Hassan Nafaa explains why they hate us

Iraq's moment of truth is at hand, writes Mohamed Hakki from Washington