Archive for 2011

Ignatius Lesch, Seale, Tisdall, Khalaf, Fadel on Assad and Syria

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Ammar Abdulhamid Emerges as Face of the Syrian Revolution, according to Washington Times

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Clinton Calls Bashar al-Assad a “Reformer” -Syria Lifts Emergency Law

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 27th, 2011

Syria Dividing: Most Large Cities Calm. The Troubles in Latakia Lead to Army being Deployed

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Lesch, Tabler and Harling

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Pro Bashar Demonstrations in Aleppo; Shooting in Latakia; 20 Dead in Deraa; 10 Shot in Sanamin

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 25th, 2011

“As Protests Mount, Is There a Soft Landing for Syria?” by Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 25th, 2011

Syrian Government Promises: Free Press, End of Emergency Rule, Opposition Parties, Justice

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Deraa: The Government Takes off its Gloves: 15 Killed

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Syria’s Opposition Divided. Demonstrations Have Different Goals

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 20th, 2011

Demonstrations Grow

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 19th, 2011

Three to Five Killed in Deraa Demonstration; Unrest Spreads

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 18th, 2011

Damned if We Do and Damned if We Don’t

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 18th, 2011

Demonstrations in Damascus Challenge Regime

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 18th, 2011

Fuel Subsidies to be Cut April 1? Syria Eyes Western Intervention in Libya with Caution. Denies Giving Military Aid to Qaddafi

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 12th, 2011

“Why Syria is Unlikely to be Next…. for Now,” by Bassam Haddad

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 11th, 2011

News Round UP (7 march 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 7th, 2011

The Revolutions – What do They Mean?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 5th, 2011

News Round Up (27 February 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 27th, 2011

“Asma al-Assad: A Rose of the Desert” in Vogue

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 25th, 2011

Syrians demonstrate against Qaddafi; Kerry Pushes Peace; SLT sputters

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 24th, 2011

The sad irony of it all – the USA and the Arab world…

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Will Iranian Warships Through Suez Canal Change Balance of Power?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Demonstration in Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 18th, 2011

Economic Round Up (Febrary 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 17th, 2011

George Saghir Responds to Samir Aita

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

“What Does the Future Hold for Syrian Economists?” By Samir Aita

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Ibrahim Hamidi, “Political and Economic Factors of Syrian Stability”

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 14th, 2011

A New Day in Egypt

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 12th, 2011

“What Does the Future Hold for Syria?” By George Saghir

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 7th, 2011

Chas Freeman on “The Passing of the Residual Elements of a Colonial Order”

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 6th, 2011

Clinton: Omar Suleiman should lead transition; Wisner: Mubarak “must stay in office” during a power transition

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 5th, 2011

‘Day of Rage’ for Syrians Fails to Draw Protesters

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 5th, 2011

Syrians Stay Home; Turkey Leads; US Loses Allies

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 4th, 2011

Landis and Yakoubian on Egypt, Syria and Lebanon: Bloggingheads TV

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Will “Day of Rage” Rock Syria?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Syrian Authorities Jubilant about Prospect of Mubarak’s Fall and Shifting Balance of Power in the Region

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, January 30th, 2011

US Loses Lebanon, Worries about Losing Egypt; Tunisians Ask Feltman to Go Home

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Lebanon Remains Hostage to the Arab-Israeli Conflict with US Blessing

Posted by Joshua on Monday, January 24th, 2011

Obama Trapped in Bush’s Lebanon War

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Tape Two from New TV: Hariri Gives His Side of the Story

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, January 16th, 2011

“The ‘Missing Dimension’: Britain’s Secret War against France in Syria and Lebanon, 1942–45,” by Meir Zamir

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, January 16th, 2011

Saad Hariri Talking to Saddiq, a False witness; Why Tunisia Is Unlikely in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 15th, 2011

Lebanon’s Return to Political Paralysis and Economic Stagnation

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

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