Both Tehran and Washington have heavily invested in Iraq's forthcoming parliamentary elections, making the voting even more crucial, writes Salah Hemeid

With elections imminent in Iraq, the mood among the Iraqi community in Syria is a mixture of dismay and disappointment, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus

Russia and Turkey are finding common geopolitical cause these days. Eric Walberg considers the implications of this for the Middle East

Israel's attempts to establish historical grounds for its existence include stealing, destroying and substituting Islamic heritage, reports Khaled Amayreh in Hebron

In a typical move, Israel is building a "museum of tolerance" right on top of an ancient Muslim cemetery, writes Khaled Amayreh

Israeli house demolitions are the flipside of the coin to illegal settlement building. For peace to have a chance, both must stop, writes Heidi Schramm

The assassination on foreign soil of one of Hamas's top leaders is proof that the resistance movement's warnings on Israel are true, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Oula Farawati looks at the Jordanian government's dilemma over its hand-in-glove cooperation with the US against terror

Progress towards peace and democracy is halting, but strong reasons for optimism remain, contends Gamal Nkrumah

There is an urgent need for the government to reach out to the southerners, not to try to bully them into submission, now that the Houthis have been quelled, insists Mohamed Hafez

Hizbullah has vowed to exact equal damage on Israel if it wages war on Lebanon, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif