Amman meeting fails to find answers to questions haunting the Palestinian Authority, Khalid Amayreh, in the West Bank, reports

Hamas has discovered a weapon even more powerful than the suicide bomb -- the ballot box, writes Graham Usher in Qalqiliya

With the elections fever over, Lebanon begins its tough march towards sovereignty and national reconciliation, Mohahel Fakih reports

Syrians are hopeful that they are witnessing measurable political reform for the first time in decades, writes Sami Moubayed from Damascus

Recent kidnappings in the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk have increased sectarian strife, reports Nermeen Al-Mufti from Baghdad

This is a monumental week for Sudan's political future, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Despite questioning the legitimacy of the Iranian elections, and sharp attacks on President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, US officials conceded they had no option but to deal with the new reality in Tehran, Khaled Dawoud reports from Washington

Karim El-Gawhary ponders the ultra quick chick that is Iran's Laleh Saddigh

Mustafa El-Labbad contemplates the lifestyle of a father and son in Tehran