Are America and the Quartet prepared for the consequences of the humanitarian disaster in the occupied territories, or will they back down and honour the results of democracy, asks Khaled Amayreh

Are Arab governments sincere about helping the Palestinian Hamas-led government? Sherine Bahaa sounds out the voices of scepticism

Until now, no solution seems in the offing to the fiscal crisis facing Hamas and the Palestinian people, reports Erica Silverman

A peace deal for Darfur is in the offing, but real peace on the ground is a long way off, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Washington dismisses a letter sent to Bush by Ahmadinejad as negotiations continue in the Security Council over a binding ultimatum on Iran, Rasha Saad reports

In Geneva, Dina Ezzat witnesses the escalating US offensive against Iran

Could the fourth year of the Iraq invasion see the country divided into several entities, asks Firas Al-Atraqchi

Turkey's decision to launch the largest military operation in a decade against Kurdish rebels strains Ankara's relations with both Iraq and the US and further remilitarises the country's decades-old Kurdish problem, writes Gareth Jenkins