Ahmed Mukhtar reports from Baghdad on the formation of a "Shia list" for the upcoming Iraqi elections

A deadly assault on the US Consulate in Saudi Arabia dealt a severe blow to the kingdom's elaborate overtures to install security, reports Rasheed Abou-Alsamh from Jeddah

An Arab strategic conference in Dubai has much to talk about, writes Mohamed Darwish from the UAE

Al-Jazeera is scheduled to launch an English language channel by the end of 2005 to reach out to a wider international audience, reports Mustafa El-Menshawy

Fears of losing their political influence run high among Iraq's Sunni community, many of whom wish to see the January elections delayed, reports Suha Ma'ayeh from Amman

In the end, the offensive in Falluja did not have the impact that many had expected, writes Zaid Al-Ali

Iranian officials are extremely cautious about their dealings with the new Iraq, reports Azadeh Moaveni from Tehran

In an interview with Khaled Dawoud in Washington, US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage maintains that the Iraqi elections will be held on schedule and that the second Bush administration will work towards an Israeli-Palestinian settlement

Pollution in the Middle East is reaching dangerous levels, and military occupation is one of the main culprits. Mahmoud Bakr reports from Amman

With Damascus offering to restart the Israeli peace talks without any preconditions, Emad Fawzi Shueibi determines the US and Israeli response

A month after the death of Arafat, political realities began to get more and more clear, reports Khaled Amayreh

The Israeli human rights organisation, B'Tselem, has accused the Israeli army of murdering an "unarmed, wounded and neutralised" Palestinian resistance activist, reports Khaled Amayreh