Are Arab countries adapting to new regional dynamics? Yes and no, writes Dina Ezzat

Heikal sees testing times ahead for America and Israel in the "new Middle East", writes Gamal Nkrumah

If Hizbullah's 12 July capture of Israeli soldiers took place on the Lebanese side of the Blue Line, as some say, everything changes, writes Serene Assir

Having taken the lead in finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Lebanon, France has been more reluctant to commit its troops on the ground, writes David Tresilian in Paris

Could the formation of a national unity government solve the crisis of the Palestinian Authority? Very unlikely, writes Khaled Amayreh

Palestinians flood to Rafah crossing in a bid to escape the hell that is life in the Gaza Strip, writes Erica Silverman

The second trial against Saddam Hussein and co-defendants opened this week with no indication that due process violations characterising the first are being avoided