With accusations against Abbas and his circle multiplying, the struggle within Fatah is turning personal, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Intention is determinative, asserts Jeff Gates

The latest WikiLeaks dispatch contained no surprises, but nonetheless reveals the propagandistic role of US diplomacy, writes Ramzy Baroud

Has the West lost the stomach to pressure Iran into submission, asks Amani Maged

The latest negotiations about Iran's nuclear programme will go the same way as the others, writes Graham Usher in New York

Disclosures made by the Internet site WikiLeaks will come as no surprise to Iraqis, whose plight has now been more fully revealed, writes Salah Hemeid

The ICC warrant is the Western gun in Al-Bashir's back pushing him to cede the south, says Asmaa El-Husseini

A leaked US embassy cable revealed an act of perfidy by a Lebanese cabinet minister, as the Special Tribunal gets set to accuse Al-Hariri's assassin, reports Lucy Fielder

With Syria and Saudi Arabia leading efforts to pre-empt indictments in the investigation into the assassination of Rafik Al-Hariri, what might Syria's intentions be, asks Bassel Oudat in Damascus