Some attending Fatah's long-awaited Sixth Congress in Bethlehem hold fast to their principles, but pragmatism remains the order of the day, Khaled Amayreh reports

Under permanent pressure on all sides, Hamas must also confront radical Salafist groups who contend that the movement has strayed from the true path of jihad, writes >Saleh Al-Naami

Largely off the screen of the Western press, countries of the Maghreb have been fighting a bitter war against the spread of Al-Qaeda extremism, writes Attia Essawi

Having severed ties with Lebanon's 14 March movement, Walid Jumblatt is considering visiting Damascus, four years into feuding with the Syrian regime, writes Bassel Oudat

A recent Baghdad bank heist has unveiled a nasty power struggle among factions of the Iraqi Shia, writes Salah Hemeid

While victory appears to be Ahmadinejad's, political realities on the ground betray a reconfiguration of the conservative current in a way that leaves him little room for manoeuvre, writes Mustafa El-Labbad

The Yemeni political scene remains fractious and deadlocked, with the public weary of party conflict, writes Mohammed Al-Asaadi in Sanaa