More delays, more deaths Violence continues to rock Gaza as a Palestinian national unity government appears no closer to fruition, writes Erica Silverman
Shameless in Gaza While Fatah and Hamas fight it out for power, the core of the problem, the Israeli occupation, has passed out of sight and out of mind, writes Ramzy Baroud
Blueprint for chaos US-backed Iraqi troops put a new security plan to the test as public opposition to the Iraq war mounts in America, writes Salah Hemeid
Najaf under fire The battle around Najaf puts paid to the idea that only Sunnis are resisting in Iraq, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti
Tremors within The presidents of the United States and Iran are under fire for their respective foreign policies towards each other, reports Rasha Saad
Ghosts of the past The words "civil war" are on everyone's lips in Lebanon after the worst clashes the country has seen since its darkest days. Lucy Fielder reports from Beirut
Counterblasts Can Hizbullah avert further escalation of Sunni-Shia conflict in Lebanon? Omayma Abdel-Latif searches for answers in Beirut
No fitting finale The militant Islamists of Somalia are licking their wounds and feeling their loss, yet the secular government is wobbling still, writes Gamal Nkrumah
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