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Ali Khan – “Dispatch from Damascus 8”

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Yoav Stern discusses his coverage of Syrian affairs

Posted by Alex on Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Syrian TV shows men ‘confessing’ to deadly bomb blast

Posted by Alex on Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Comments from Jihad Makdissi

Posted by Alex on Friday, October 31st, 2008

Flipping Peace Tracks Again?

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Is the US Raid is a “Parting Shot” by the White House?

Posted by Alex on Monday, October 27th, 2008

“Dispatch from Damascus 6,” by Ali Khan

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, October 25th, 2008

“Syria-Israel Peace: The Impact on Non-State militias” by Landis

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 13th, 2008

Syria plays hardball with the Saudis, by Sami Moubayed

Posted by Alex on Thursday, October 9th, 2008

“Syria Talks Spur Speculation” by Jim Lobe & More…

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

US-Syrian Thaw: Welsh and Muallem Talk

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Syria explosion: Car bomb kills 17 in Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 27th, 2008

How Syria’s Assad Is Steering His Country out of Isolation

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Patrick Seale on the Damascus Summit

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Along the Road to Damascus, lessons in conflict resolution.

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Competing with the Syrian government itself and wining hands down

Posted by Alex on Monday, September 1st, 2008

Syria & Lebanon Should Hold Simultaneous Talks With Israel

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Bush’s Policy of No Dialogue with Syria is Costing US Lives

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 29th, 2008

Ehsani’s Observations Following a Two Week Visit to Aleppo

Posted by Joshua on Monday, August 18th, 2008

Aref Dalileh released

Posted by Alex on Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Building Towards Peace

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

News Round-Up (August 1, 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 1st, 2008

Syria is Ready for Peace.

Posted by Alex on Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Andrew Tabler: “The U.S. Can Help Tackle Syrian Corruption”

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Walid Jumblatt Sets a New Course

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

“Lancing the Boil: Hizbullah’s Future in Lebanon”/ by Qifa Nabki

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Paris 2008, Paris 1998

Posted by Alex on Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Lebanon Gets a Government

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 11th, 2008

Syria marks ‘year of St Paul’

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Bashar al-Assad Walking the Tight-Rope

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 6th, 2008

The Syria Comment Hall of Fame

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Economic and Political Isolation of Syria Crumbling Fast

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 9th, 2008

“Israel, Don’t Undermine Beirut,” by Joshua Landis with Help from David Schenker

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

“America’s Gulf Arab allies and Syria,” by Alex

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Q & A with President Assad in Dubai

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

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

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 1st, 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

Lebanon Becoming

Posted by Joshua on Monday, May 12th, 2008

March Toward Disaster

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 8th, 2008

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

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 1st, 2008

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

Posted by Alex on Friday, April 18th, 2008

Did Chirac know?

Posted by Alex on Sunday, April 13th, 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

Jewish Fundraiser to Support Syrian Children with Cancer

Posted by Alex on Sunday, April 6th, 2008

“Syrian Economy in Downturn,” by Ehsani

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Economic War: Syria’s New Struggle

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Jonah Hutton Firas Landis is born

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 27th, 2008

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

Posted by Alex on Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

The United States presents Cinerama in Damascus, 1954

Posted by Alex on Sunday, March 9th, 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

The Eighth Gate of Damascus

Posted by Alex on Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Britain’s Treachery, France’s revenge / Photos

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

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

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, January 31st, 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

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

Posted by Alex on Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Electoral math: The history of a failing formula

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

“Al-Qaida in Lebanon,” by T-desco

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, January 13th, 2008

The Day After Tomorrow… / by Qifa Nabki

Posted by Joshua on Friday, January 11th, 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

Five undeniable facts about the Syria that I saw / by Ehsani

Posted by Alex on Monday, December 24th, 2007

Maybe the NIE Is Not So Good for Syria?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Landis on BBC World Service Explaining Why Syria is Headed to Annapolis

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 26th, 2007

Assad warns: The region will soon witness events that might have dangerous repercussions …

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Announcing Creative Syria Forum’s November 2007 topic: Syria’s RegionalPolicies

Posted by Alex on Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Landis at CFR in NYC

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

More Washington Leaks on the Syria Target

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, October 20th, 2007

News Round Up (Oct. 19 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 19th, 2007

Radio: Bolton, Landis, Mazzetti, & Khouri Discuss Bombing of Syria and Peace Process

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

“BECAUSE FAILURE RISKS DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES, IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONFERENCE SUCCEED”

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Saudi king prays with Rif’at al-Asad in Mecca

Posted by Alex on Friday, October 12th, 2007

Changing Course with Syria

Posted by Alex on Thursday, October 11th, 2007

The New York Times: An Israeli Strike on Syria Kindles Debate in the U.S.

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Nasrallah calls on Saudi Arabia to boycott the upcoming Middle East conference

Posted by Alex on Saturday, October 6th, 2007

Israeli Strike on Syria: A Message for Syria? … A Message for Iran?

Posted by Alex on Sunday, September 16th, 2007

“The Syrian Opposition: Part 2,” by Landis & Pace in Arabic

Posted by Joshua on Monday, August 13th, 2007

“The Syrian Opposition: Part 1,” by Landis & Pace in Arabic

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 12th, 2007

News Round Up (4 August 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Poll: 51% of Syrians favor peace with Israel for Golan pullout

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Will Syria and Israel talk, fight or wait?

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

“UNIFIL and Eido Car Bombs the Same: Murr Blames al-Qaida” by T_desco

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Introducing the Creative Forum: Commemorating the Golan Heights

Posted by Alex on Monday, June 4th, 2007

Initial syriapol Results Released

Posted by Alex on Thursday, May 31st, 2007

U.S. policy turnabout may enable Israeli-Syrian talks

Posted by Alex on Monday, May 21st, 2007

“A Review Of Mr. Assad’s First Term in office” by Ehsani

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 18th, 2007

News Round-Up

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Bernard Gwertzman (CFR consulting editor) interviews Joshua Landis

Posted by Alex on Monday, May 14th, 2007

“U.S. Policy Toward Syria Debate:” Landis, Badran, Jouejati

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

“Why Don’t Arab Dictators Declare Themselves Kings?” by Ehsani

Posted by Joshua on Monday, April 16th, 2007

Young & Landis Debate Pelosi Visit on Public Radio

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Syrian Opposition – New Articles

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 24th, 2007

“Syria in Bush’s Crosshairs: MEPI Money” by Adam Zagorin

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

News Round Up (17 December 2006)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 17th, 2006

“The Case For Engaging Syria,” by Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Post Gemayel Prospects

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 24th, 2006

The Gemayel Assassination

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

US Dialogue with Syria Ruled Out For Now

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 16th, 2006

Landis on BBC with Mustapha

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

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