Who is behind the current escalation of violence mere weeks before the scheduled withdrawal of US troops from Iraq cities? Is it friend or foe, asks Nermeen Al-Mufti

Iraq has recently been ravaged by bombings, but it could be even worse, writes Salah Hemeid

In an exclusive interview by Hend El-Sayed Hani, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis-Moreno Ocampo argues his case against the Sudanese president

A high-level Syrian delegation couldn't get the big contracts Damascus was hoping for, reports Bassel Oudat from Damascus

This week's new round of Fatah-Hamas talks ended as they were about to start. Amira Howeidy finds out why

How different is Lieberman from Netanyahu? asks Khaled Amayreh

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa says he is more concerned with inter-Arab fighting than with Iranian intentions towards the Arab world. Dina Ezzat listens

As Lebanon approaches national elections not all those recently pivotal remain so, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif from Beirut

All in all, the Durban Review Conference did more to weaken the struggle against racism and discrimination than to strengthen it, writes Curtis Doebbler

For a US administration supposedly set on peace, baiting Israel with the lure of isolating Iran seems a curious beginning, writes Ramzy Baroud