Inextricably linked Paralysed by its own presidential crisis, Lebanon this week felt the reverberations of the torment of its Arab neighbours, Lucy Fielder reports
Another step back Clashes over oil in the south may bring intra-confessional tensions again to the fore in Iraq, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti
Parochial calculations Tragic events are laying the groundwork for Palestinian national unity, but can it happen, asks Khaled Amayreh
Still in crisis The Palestinian Fatah movement will hold a general congress in March, or so one man says, reports Khaled Amayreh from Ramallah
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