A standoff over who can run in next month's election could throw the country into chaos, writes Salah Hemeid

A budding romance is really a marriage of convenience, posits Gamal Nkrumah

A war of words flared up between Syria and Israel last week beyond the usual bravado, but the military front remained tranquil. Observers believe the bickering will further obstruct the already frozen peace process, reports Bassel Oudat in Damascus

Lebanon will commemorate the fifth anniversary of Rafik Al-Hariri's assassination amid speculation over the fate of the March 14 coalition led by his son, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif from Beirut

Reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah is still a world away, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Is the UN preparing to bury the damning findings of the Goldstone Report on Israel's Gaza assault of one year ago, asks Amira Howeidy

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is succumbing to American pressure to drop all demands and preconditions for the resumption of the stalled peace negotiations with Israel, Palestinian sources have revealed...