Sharon continues to thwart Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts while extremists vow to storm the second most sacred site of Islam, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank

Jordan's change in government marks an attempt to speed up domestic reforms and improve the country's relations with its neighbours, writes Sana Abdallah in Amman

Al-Rass battle was another nail in Al-Qaeda's coffin, writes Rasheed Abou-Alsamh in Jeddah

With Abu Mazen under increasing pressure to police his own people, Ian Douglas in Nablus speaks to Nasser Jumaa, leader of the city's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades

Two years after the invasion, Iraqis want the occupation troops out. Will the new Iraqi leadership respond? Omayma Abdel-Latif writes

Nermeen Al-Mufti captures the mood in Sulaymania following Jalal Talabani becoming Iraq's first Kurdish president

Not always popular but adept at survival, Ahmed Chalabi talks to Mohamed Al-Anwar in Baghdad

Two years after the US invasion of Iraq, Mothanna Harith Al-Dhari takes stock of the Muslim Scholars Association's championing of resistance

The new multi-ethnic, multi-religious political class in Iraq wishes to curry favour with voters not bombers, writes Faleh Jabar

With the appointment of Ibrahim Al-Jaafari as head of the Shia-dominated Iraqi government, the controversy over Iran's influence in Iraq has resurfaced. Rasha Saad reports