Archive for 2008

Nukes, Golan, Lebanon and the Shifting Balance (3 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

News Round Up (2 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 2nd, 2008

“An Economic Plan for Syria’s Future,” by Ehsani

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 1st, 2008

German Paper Speculates About Syrian Nuclear Facilities

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 31st, 2008

News Round Up (31 May 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Syrian Israeli Peace Process

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Give up the gun, go for EMBAs

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Why Reform is an Urgent call to Secular Arabs:

Posted by Alex on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

A Political Breakthrough In Doha

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

A Solution in Doha?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Observations of a German journalist in Beirut

Posted by Alex on Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Syrian Media – The Challenge and the Need to Act | Part II

Posted by Alex on Friday, May 16th, 2008

Syrian Media – The Challenge and the Need to Act

Posted by Alex on Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Bush Promises Support that Analysts Say He Cannot Give

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Bush Administration Policy in Disarray

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Lebanon Becoming

Posted by Joshua on Monday, May 12th, 2008

“How Hizbullah Blundered and Why Things Will Get Worse,” by Rex Brynen

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 11th, 2008

News Round Up (11 May 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Hizbullah Proves it Does Not Want a Tehran on the Mediterranean

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 11th, 2008

The War is Over: What Were They Thinking?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 9th, 2008

Nasrallah’s May 8 Press Conference – Summary

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 9th, 2008

By Provoking Hizbullah, Is Washington Hoping for a Showdown?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 8th, 2008

March Toward Disaster

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 8th, 2008

“The Syrian Economy,” by Ibrahim Hamidi

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

More Firms Find Ways Around Sanctions on Syria and Iran

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

As Commodity Prices Soar, the Income Gap Rips at Society’s Middle

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 4th, 2008

“What are the Prospects for Syrian-Israeli Peace?” by Seale, Khouri, & Allaf

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 2nd, 2008

News Round Up (1 May 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Syria Comment: Rules and Regulations

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 1st, 2008

U.S. pressures Turkcell to abandon Syria deal & other Economic News

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 1st, 2008

News Round UP (29 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

News Round Up (28 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

News Round Up (27 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 27th, 2008

“Syria had committed no crime, and Israel had no legal justification to carry out its attack” Scott Ritter

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Hamas on Jimmy Carter’s Statement from Hamidi

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Syria’s Reactor

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 25th, 2008

Nukes or Peace?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

“A ‘Surge’ for Refugees”

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

News Round Up (22 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

“The March to War: Israel Prepares…” by Nazemroaya

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 20th, 2008

“Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand,” by Barstow

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Latest Statistics on Arab Popularity of Asad, Hamas, Hizbullah, Iraq…

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Carter in Damascus: al-Jazeera by Clayton Swisher

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, April 19th, 2008

News Round Up (18 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 18th, 2008

President Assad is “more optimistic than any time before.” / Carter is “very upbeat”

Posted by Alex on Friday, April 18th, 2008

Qadhafi at the Arab Summit: “We All Hate One Another.”

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 18th, 2008

Two Views on Hamas

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 17th, 2008

The People’s Army of Hizbullah Attracts Sunnis and Christians

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 17th, 2008

News Round Up (15 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Did Chirac know?

Posted by Alex on Sunday, April 13th, 2008

“Syria Sees Influx of Arabic Language Students,” by Peter Kenyon

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 13th, 2008

“A Bloody Era of Syria’s History Informs a Writer’s Banned Novel,” by R. Worth

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Upping Diplomatic, Judicial, Economic and Military Pressure on Syria is Unlikely to Work

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 11th, 2008

Carter May Meet Hamas Leader Mashaal

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Brother Accuses France of Killing Siddiq: US Accuses French and Swiss of Breaking Spirit of Sanctions

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

France Lets Key Witness in Hariri Trial Escape: Kushner Sorrowful

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

“The Jews of Syria,” By Robert Tuttle

Posted by Alex on Monday, April 7th, 2008

News Round Up (7 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, April 7th, 2008

“Damascus Summit Attendance was Close to Average Despite US Pressure,” by Gary Gambill

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Jewish Fundraiser to Support Syrian Children with Cancer

Posted by Alex on Sunday, April 6th, 2008

News Roundup (6 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 6th, 2008

“Syrian Economy in Downturn,” by Ehsani

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

“Major Breakthrough in Hariri Investigation” by Jacob Tafnis

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Economic War: Syria’s New Struggle

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

President Assad’s Speech to the Arab Summit

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 30th, 2008

UN Investigator Bellemare says ‘Criminal Network’ killed Hariri

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 28th, 2008

Summitry 3: Can the Effort to Isolate Syria Hold?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 28th, 2008

Jonah Hutton Firas Landis is born

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Rami Makhlouf Speaks to the WSJ

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Summitry 2

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Summitry (26 March 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

News Round Up (23 March 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

The Peace Canal Plan – Peace plan/water import project from Turkey to the Middle East

Posted by Alex on Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Syrians and Lebanese Respond to Statement that “Syria Needs to Articulate a Clear Lebanon Policy”

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 20th, 2008

The Iraqi refugee view from Syria and Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 20th, 2008

“Shaping Lebanon’s Future,” by Bilal Saab

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

“Lessons of the Franco-Syrian Fiasco” by Peter Harling

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

News Round Up (March 18 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

What is Behind Israeli Offers of Peace Negotiations?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 17th, 2008

News Roundup (15 March 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Can the International Tribunal Change Syrian Policy?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 13th, 2008

News Round Up (12 March 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

News Round Up (11 March 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

“Syria’s Economy Tsar Says the Middle Class is Reviving” by Ibrahim Hamidi

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 10th, 2008

The United States presents Cinerama in Damascus, 1954

Posted by Alex on Sunday, March 9th, 2008

News Roundup (8 March 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Analyst: US sent destroyer to keep lebanon under its ‘wing’

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Syria to invite Lebanon, Saudi Arabia to summit

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

“The Gaza Bombshell,” by David Rose

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 3rd, 2008

‘Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East’ by Robin Wright

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Saudi Arabia Calls on its nationals to leave Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Syria Pooh Poohs U.S.-Saudi Effort to End Influence of Syria and over 50% of Lebanese

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 1st, 2008

News Roundup (28 February 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 29th, 2008

Syria’s Stand on Lebanon: Saudi Arabia Withdraws Ambassador From Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Can Israel and Syria Break the Middle East Deadlock?

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

“The New Middle East,” by Carnegie Endowment Staff

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Syria sees no chance for peace this year

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Sanctions on Businessman Target Syria’s Inner Sanctum

Posted by Alex on Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Diagnosing Failure: The Case of Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Foreign Militants Crossing Syria-Iraq Border Drop to 40-50 a Month

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Will Sanctions and the Mughniyah Killing Make Syria Blink?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Hizbullah and Syria Threaten Revenge in Kind

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 15th, 2008

Mughnieh: Liberator of Lebanon or Opportunistic Terrorist ?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Imad Mughniyeh, Hezbollah Commander, Assassinated in Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Ibrahim Hamidi Interviews Austrian FM Ursula Plassnik

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Explosion Kills 1 in Syria’s Capital

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

The Missed opportunity in Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 9th, 2008

It’s Not About Nukes: Stopping Missile Tranfer from N. Korea to Syria

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 8th, 2008

The Eighth Gate of Damascus

Posted by Alex on Thursday, February 7th, 2008

“Once-Socialist Damascus Displays New Wealth, Glitz,” by Deborah Amos

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

“Exuding confidence, Syria’s Assad targets opposition,” by Oweis

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

“Syria: The Opposition and its Troubled Relationship with Washington,” by Joe Macaron

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

“Al-Qaida in Lebanon,” by Fidaa Itani

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Britain’s Treachery, France’s revenge / Photos

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

“Britain’s treachery, France’s revenge” by Meir Zamir

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 4th, 2008

“Sy Hersh: Syrian Facility Bombed by Israel not Nuclear”

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Israeli-Syrian Peace: From Dialogue… to Details & Diplomacy

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, January 31st, 2008

“Lebanese diva arouses emotion, controversy in Syria,” by Oweis

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

News Roundup (23 January 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

A letter from Alon Liel / Chairman of the Israeli-Syrian Peace Society

Posted by Alex on Monday, January 21st, 2008

Damascus, capital of Arab culture for 2008

Posted by Alex on Saturday, January 19th, 2008

“t_desco” Comments on “Al-Qaeda in Lebanon,” by Nir Rosen

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 19th, 2008

(Saudi) Money can’t buy you love … or success

Posted by Alex on Thursday, January 17th, 2008

“Al-Qaeda in Lebanon,” by Nir Rosen

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

“Syria’s policy, post-Annapolis,” by H. Cobban

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

News Roundup (15 Jan. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Electoral math: The history of a failing formula

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Arab League Mediation in Lebanon Fails

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, January 13th, 2008

“Al-Qaida in Lebanon,” by T-desco

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, January 13th, 2008

“U.S. Wary of Warming Syrian-Turkish Ties,” by Deborah Amos on NPR

Posted by Joshua on Friday, January 11th, 2008

The Day After Tomorrow… / by Qifa Nabki

Posted by Joshua on Friday, January 11th, 2008

Who is at Fault in Lebanon? The Blame Game Heats Up

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Lebanese Skeptical Deal for New Gov. Will Fly

Posted by Joshua on Monday, January 7th, 2008

The Regional Lebanon Deal: What Does it Mean?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Economist: Syrian Economic Outlook for 2008-09

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 5th, 2008

“President Bush to make first trip to Syria,” by Alex

Posted by Alex on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

The soldiers of truth are back

Posted by Alex on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Hamidi on Franco-Syrian Relations and Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

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