Following Hizbullah's muscle flexing in Beirut, questions abound as to the relation between Al-Hariri and radical Salafist backers, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif

A disastrous plane crash, a dubious peace deal clinched -- and a tense atmosphere prevails in Sudan, writes Gamal Nkrumah

When Israel annexed the Golan, it claimed to be doing so for historical reasons. But its real motives had more to do with water resources, agricultural potential and tourist attraction, Basel Oudat writes from Damascus

Fearing the increasing Iranian influence in Iraq, Sunni Arab states say they will dispatch ambassadors to Baghdad, writes Saif Nasrawi

Is Israel planning to launch a war against Gaza, asks Saleh Al-Naami

A recent outbreak of violence could be bad news for the government, says Nosreddine Qassem

Turkey's judiciary dealt the government a nasty blow, upping the ante on headscarves, writes Gareth Jenkins

Already living atop of one another, Gaza's people under siege are effectively inmates in a concentration camp, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Serene Assir examines a year of Israeli crimes and international complicity on the back of decades of occupation