Whatever the fate of the Arab League peace plan for Syria, it's going to be NATO versus the BRICS on the Security Council, says Graham Usher at the United Nations

As the crisis in Syria becomes more and more internationalised, the opposition fears that the country may be on the way to chaos and civil war, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus

Many Syrians are convinced that foreign military intervention may be the only way to end the crisis in their country

While Tel Aviv expands illegal settlements, Israeli pundits lambast Western advocates of Arab democracy after Islamists edge closer to power in Egypt, writes Khaled Amayreh

Israeli officials eye Washington to protect interests and counter-balance the ascent of Islamist movements to power in the Arab world, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Khartoum is given the runaround, even as Northern opposition figures and South Sudan show how to stand up to Al-Bashir, notes Gamal Nkrumah

Yemenis are continuing the implementation of an agreed solution to end their one-year long political crisis, despite big obstacles, says Nasser Arrabyee

What can Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki hope to achieve during his forthcoming trip to Washington, asks Salah Nasrawi

The Lebanese government has decided to fund the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the Hague, staving off another collapse, reports Lucy Fielder from Beirut