The prospect of cyber war on Israel is gaining ground as a matter of high concern among Tel Aviv's security and strategic officials, writes Saleh Al-Naami

While political leaders talk of reconciliation, political prisoners keep mounting at the hands of Palestinian Authority security forces, writes Khaled Amayreh in Hebron

Urgent action -- rather than words of wisdom -- is sorely needed to transform post-Gaddafi trans-Saharan geopolitics, counsels Gamal Nkrumah

The threat to the nascent South Sudan state is said to be from Khartoum, but there are others, writes Graham Usher at the United Nations

A series of explosions have taken place across the Syrian capital Damascus over the last fortnight, with regime and opposition accusing each other of carrying out the attacks, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus

The Syrian opposition has called for the creation of "shadow syndicates" as alternatives to those controlled by the regime

The threat to close the Hormuz Strait is really just that, surmises Amani Maged

With deadly sectarian attacks on the rise in Iraq and political upheaval worsening, what else will be necessary to reignite civil war, asks Salah Nasrawi

A leading human rights activist in Bahrain claims that Brazilian tear gas has already killed several children, reports Rashid Abul-Samh