The Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon requires delicate handling, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Events in Lebanon may yet confound both Washington and Tel Aviv, argues Hassan Nafaa

The US has little basis upon which to lecture the rest of the world on near enough anything, writes Mohamed Hakki

Ammar Ali Hassan on the steps necessary to capitalise on the holding of multi-candidate presidential elections

For decades Arab specificity was an excuse for inertia. Now Abdel-Moneim Said sees belated signs of change

Syria, writes Azmi Bishara, is currently the victim of a version of identity politics that betrays history as much as it does identity

Those who are pushing for reform in the Middle East above all need us to believe that change is possible, writes Amr Hamzawy

The US is threatening Syria and the Lebanese opposition is making things as tough as it can for Damascus. But just because the US and the Lebanese opposition share an animosity towards Syria does not mean they are in collusion, writes Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

Elections, in the absence of credible candidates, mean nothing, writes Amin Howeidy

Is Bush getting serious about Palestine? Patrick Seale writes