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Opposition supporters and loyalists of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei clash during the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri in Qom on December 21.-AFP

Collision course

THE protests in Iran triggered by the disputed presidential election of June 12 have entered their second phase. Unlike the immediate aftermath of the

Fear and hope

Deep divisions

recently in Teheran

Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, seen on a giant screen, speaks in a Beirut suburb on January 7, Ashoura day, vowing to crush any Israeli offensive against Lebanon. Ashoura day marks the A.D. 680 battle in which Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, was killed.-BILAL HUSSEIN/AP

Fury in Arab streets

FROM Ramallah to Rabat, Cairo to Istanbul, Arab streets have erupted in a wave of protests against the Israeli military offensive in the Hamas-control

Trouble in paradise

Indias efforts to fix a minimum wage for unskilled Indian workers in Bahrain face strong resistance from employers.

West Asian wound

The U.S.-dominated post-Second World War political order in West Asia is in terminal decline.

Fire of hatred

The execution strengthens sectarian polarisation in West Asia and is likely to result in a bloodbath.

PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD casting his vote in Teheran on December 15.-REUTERS

New dynamics

Two crucial elections ensure the return of moderates to influential positions in Iran.

Sectarian divide

The Shia-Sunni polarisation in Iraq is snowballing across the region and has the potential to reshape West Asia.

Fractured nation

Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel's funeral exposes Lebanon's deep political, religious and sectarian fault lines.

Joining forces

Events after the killing of 18 civilians by Israeli artillery in Gaza point to the shifting of equations in the region.

Sinking into chaos

Iraq is on the verge of a civil war, with guerillas and sectarian forces beginning to dominate Al Anbar province and Kirkuk city.