The hothouse experiment in Middle East democracy is wilting on the vine, says Salah Hemeid

Despite new UN and US sanctions, Tehran is showing no signs of abandoning its nuclear programme, writes Rasha Saad

Regional powers in the Horn of Africa work towards alternative politics in Somalia, writes Gamal Nkrumah

With reconciliation efforts stalled and being linked to negotiations with Israel, ordinary Palestinians are sinking deeper into despair, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Are we up to a one-state solution, asks Samir Ghattas

Muslims worldwide this week mourned the loss of an icon of Islamic thought and jurisprudence. Omayma Abdel-Latif reflects on the lifelong struggle of Ayatollah Fadlullah

Turkey's increasingly aggressive rhetoric against Israel could have unintended consequences, writes Gareth Jenkins in Istanbul

As it takes firmer ground on the international stage, Turkey is still exploring the essence of what it wants its identity to be, writes Amani Maged in Istanbul

The Syrian president's tour of Latin America has international and Arab consequence, notes Bassel Oudat from Damascus