As usual, oil revenues are at the heart of the latest war scare, notes Asmaa El-Husseini

Yemeni politicians have a brief period to prove they can deliver, warns Nasser Arrabyee

Is this finally the end of the nuclear shadow game, asks Mojtaba Musavi

Kofi Anan's peace plan for Syria hangs by a thread, writes Graham Usher at the UN

Syrian government officials claim that the country's opposition is leading an uprising against the state and not the regime in a deliberate policy of obfuscation, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus

Does the Syrian regime intend to work with the UN monitors who have recently arrived in the country or will it do its best to frustrate them, writes Bassel Oudat

After much build-up, the Abbas letter to Netanyahu has been delivered, its impact likely negligible, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah

Israel is to establish an unprecedented spy centre to eavesdrop on, and meddle with, post-revolutionary Egypt, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Against systematic persecution, Palestinian prisoners in Israel resort en masse to the only power they have left: putting their lives in the balance by refusing food, writes Khaled Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem

Easter celebrates suffering and compassion. These human traits were on display on Easter Sunday at European airports and in the Holy Land, reports Eric Walberg

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki is doing all he can to cow anyone defying his increasingly autocratic rule, writes Salah Nasrawi

What lies behind Tunisia's recently announced commitment to transitional justice, asks Lassaad Ben Ahmed

Ideologically as well as politically, Algeria and Libya no longer form a seamless whole, laments Gamal Nkrumah

Contemporary Algeria's founding father and first president Ahmed Ben Bella was known, and admired for his brusque, undiplomatic mannerisms. However, he was never gruff, discourteous or contemptuous. He kept his outbursts to meaningful political...