Libya's new leaders fiddle as Tripolitania catches fire with the remnants of Gaddafi's entourage at large, warns Gamal Nkrumah

Moncef Marzouki, the head of the Congress for the Republic (CPR), a veteran human rights activist was selected as Tunisia's new interim president on Tuesday...

As Iraq's Sunni Arabs bid for autonomy within a federal Iraqi state, is this the prelude to the country's balkanisation, asks Salah Nasrawi

Some members of the Syrian opposition are trying to push the crisis in the country onto the international agenda, while others insist it should be solved within an Arab framework, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus

More soldiers have been defecting from the Syrian army and forming squadrons to protect civilians in a bid to become the military wing of the country's opposition

Lebanon's vote against the Arab League's suspension of neighbouring Syria at the weekend provoked the anger of the opposition and even of some members of the cabinet, reports Lucy Fielder from Beirut

The Syrian uprising is the victim of regional and international power plays, laments Ramzy Baroud

The UN envoy to Yemen faces daunting challenges to end the crisis, says Nasser Arrabyee

Sudan's ruling National Congress Party is missing a golden opportunity to restore the country's territorial integrity, laments Gamal Nkrumah

With Iran on an international charm offensive, for now Israel appears edging back from bellicose threats to strike its nuclear facilities, writes Khaled Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem

The block on Palestinian UN membership represents not a failure of strategy but the lack of one, writes Graham Usher at the United Nations

Will the Palestinian reconciliation agreement finally be implemented, asks Saleh Al-Naami

Israel gets a taste of the new people's Egypt with the arrest of an Egyptian journalist aboard last week's flotilla and plans for the biggest aid to Gaza convoy yet, reports Eric Walberg