As the Syrian regime moves towards a military solution to ongoing pro-democracy protests, many see the domestic situation evolving into an international problem, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus

Reports flood in of premeditated mass murder by forces loyal to the Bashar Al-Assad regime in restive areas across Syria

The Arab League has the support of the Western states on the Security Council for its peace plan on Syria. But does it have Russia, asks Graham Usher at the UN

The Arab League is leaning on the UN Security Council to keep its mission working in Syria, reports Dina Ezzat

With the shock announcement of the prospective stepping down of Khaled Meshaal, the balance of power within Hamas appears to have shifted from Damascus to Gaza, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Tamar Fleishman provides vignettes of life in the West Bank as seen through the eyes of Palestinian youth

BDS activities are moving into a new critical stage, with apostasy, Internet hacking, regattas, and an ever more aggressive Israel upping the perilous ante, reports Eric Walberg

A clouded political future puts the damper on Libyan democratisation, concludes Gamal Nkrumah

Washington has manufactured a crisis over Iran's peaceful nuclear programme in order to pursue its own interests in the region, writes Ismail Salami in Tehran

Sunni MPs may be back in the Iraqi parliament, but this does not mean the country's political crisis is over, writes Salah Nasrawi

As the Obama administration continues to insist that the political transition is on track in Yemen, the country's revolutionary movements are demanding an end to impunity and genuine democracy, writes James Gundun in Washington