With the Palestinian political groups closer than ever to reconciliation, a successful outcome to the process will depend on an effective Arab role, writes Saleh Al-Naami

As Israel's bloody raid on the Gaza-bound Turkish flotilla last May is raked over by the UN Human Rights Council, so the far more damning Goldstone Report on the war on Gaza is being brushed under the carpet, writes Amira Howeidy

Disputes over the formation of a new Iraqi government are going from bad to worse, writes Salah Hemeid

Rasha Saad reports on Iran's daring cross-border raid into Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish insurgents

Sanctions, no S-300 missiles and now Stuxnet. Is this a declaration of "soft" war, asks Amani Maged

Southern Sudan daydreams its way to independence, writes Gamal Nkrumah

The Special Tribunal came under the spotlight this week, reports Lucy Fielder from Beirut

Al-Qaeda insurgents in Yemen are as elusive as ever, reports Nasser Arrabyee