The new Iraqi cabinet faces an uphill battle to restore order and achieve national reconciliation

Iraq's cosseted politicians finally announce who among them gets what in the new government, while ordinary Iraqis turn up dead and tortured, writes Nermeen El-Mufti

While the situation in Gaza has not yet pitched brother against brother, the increase in violence between Hamas and Fatah is alarming, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank

Hamas deploys militants on the streets of Gaza sparking fresh violence between Fatah loyalists and their Islamist counterparts, reports Erica Silverman

Last week's assassination of a high-ranking Turkish judge reignited long-smouldering tensions between the moderately Islamist government and the power secular establishment, reports Gareth Jenkins from Istanbul

As Lebanon remains marred by internal disputes over the country's future, Serene Assir ponders the real meaning of sovereignty