Any final agreement from the NPT revision conference, due to end on Friday, will be determined by last minute trade offs, writes Ezzat Ibrahim from New York

Henry Kissinger said the United States had no foreign policy -- only domestic politics. That seems true when it comes to Iran, writes Graham Usher

Persian patience seems infinite, marvels Amani Maged

Smothering Somalia with well wishes and little else seems to be a parlour game favoured by donors at this week's Istanbul conference, evinces Gamal Nkrumah

A breakthrough in the crisis facing Iraq is far from certain, with the country's politicians now looking towards foreign intervention, writes Salah Hemeid

Municipal elections in the south were more about politics than services, Omayma Abdel-Latif reports from Bint Jbeil

On a visit to Hizbullah's museum of resistance in south Lebanon, Raed El-Rafei discovers a new resort for resistance tourism

The Islamists in Jordan are quarrelling. Oula Farawati watches the fight and gauges its impact on the movement

The Palestinian political rift remains un-bridged, with the people suffering the consequences of their leaders' failures, writes Saleh Al-Naami

The latest Palestinian Human Development Report, in foregrounding donor-driven development, is being accused of concealing the main problem: Israel's occupation, Amira Howeidy reports

A comprehensive, cross-factional boycott of Jewish settlement products and produce has been launched across the West Bank, writes Khaled Amayreh