Despite the lack of media coverage, in a few days Libya is due to go to the polls in elections that hold all the keys to the country's future, writes Hassan Fathy Al-Qashawi

Whatever Al-Qaeda in Yemen spokesmen may say about continuing their activities, it seems that the organisation's fighters are reintegrating themselves back into society, writes Nasser Arrabyee in Sanaa

Whereas Sudan urgently needs a political solution to its current crisis, the government is in denial and the opposition refuses to let up until the whole regime falls, writes Asmaa El-Husseini

The Palestinian Authority is reverting to old oppressive tactics as its raison d'être is increasingly questioned, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah

The worst financial crisis ever is how Palestinian government officials -- at least in Ramallah -- are describing the latest shortfall in government funds, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Dozens of Palestinians were sent into exile after the Church of the Nativity siege in Bethlehem 10 years ago. It is time they were reunited with their families, writes Stuart Littlewood in Bethlehem

The recent killings of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have turned the spotlight on the harassment and discrimination faced by Palestinians in the country, writes Franklin Lamb in Beirut

There are no signs that Iraq's ongoing sectarian crisis is nearing its end, giving rise to a further round of domestic and international concerns, writes Salah Nasrawi

A recent poll indicates remarkable progress in Iraq -- until it is put into a wider context, writes Felicity Arbuthnot