Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and security man Mohamed Dahlan have buried the hatchet, for the time being, reports Khaled Amayreh

American objections to Israel's West Bank settlements seem to be falling on deaf ears, Khaled Amayreh reports

Media hype does not a breakthrough make. Amira Howeidy looks for progress in Egyptian-Palestinian dialogue

An open-ended hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, due to begin next week, aims to expose appalling conditions and systematic abuses, writes Jonathan Cook

Kofi Annan's special representative to Darfur tells Dina Ezzat that the Sudanese government "has to do more" if it wants to avert international punitive measures

Arab states support Sudan against foreign intervention in Darfur, but are also pressing Khartoum to quickly resolve the crisis, Reem Nafie reports

The Iraqi premier is offering Moqtada Al-Sadr room for manoeuvre. The question is for how long, asks Omayma Abdel-Latif

Abbas Kadhim argues that Moqtada Al-Sadr must be thankful to his rivals

Armed conflict in Najaf shows no signs of abating. Its outcome could determine the fate of Iraq, reports Ahmed Mukhtar

The Iraqi government's closure of Al-Jazeera's offices in Baghdad has sparked a fierce debate over the media's role in Iraq