Archive for the 'Foreign Relations' Category

Syria: is it time for the West to talk with Assad?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 19th, 2019

Saudi Arabia, Shi’ism and the Illusion of Reform – by Robert G. Rabil

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 30th, 2018

Interview with Lebanon’s Minister of Refugee Affairs, Mouin Merhebi

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, October 26th, 2018

Idlib: The Game Above the Game – by David W. Lesch

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 20th, 2018

60 years after Iraq’s 1958 July 14 Revolution by Christopher Solomon

Posted by Chris Solomon on Friday, August 24th, 2018

Winning in Syria and the Middle East – By David W. Lesch and Kamal Alam

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 16th, 2018

Helsinki Meeting Does Little to Clarify America’s Syria Policy – By Joshua Landis 

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 16th, 2018

The Think-Tanks Bark and the IRGC Moves On

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, July 13th, 2018

Thoughts On Southern Syria

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, June 24th, 2018

Israel’s Secret war for Syria’s Independence by Meir Zamir

Posted by Chris Solomon on Wednesday, June 20th, 2018

It Would Have Been Preferable Not to Militarily Intervene in Syria – By Ambassador @nikolaosvandam

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 8th, 2018

U.S. Involves itself Ever Deeper in Middle East with No Clear Strategic Interest – By Sam Farah

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 6th, 2018

Iran in Syria: “Cognitive Empathy” and Interests

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, May 13th, 2018

Turkey’s Afrin Operation Stokes Syrian Yazidi Fears and Fuels Displacement — by Sylvain Mercadier

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, May 10th, 2018

The Last Thing the Middle East Needs Now Is Another War  – By Robert Rabil

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 27th, 2018

Trump May Be Right – By David W. Lesch

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 17th, 2018

Syria, Deterrence of Chemical Weapons and U.S. Policy in the Middle East – By Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 12th, 2018

Foreign intervention in Syria: Isn’t it time to admit that the war against the Syrian regime is lost? – By Nikolaos van Dam

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 8th, 2018

Follow-Up and Correctives on Hashd al-Sha’bi Article

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, February 15th, 2018

The Militias in Iraq, From Popular Mobilization to Political Interference

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, February 10th, 2018

A Sustainable United States Policy for North Syria, the Kurds, Turkey and the Syrian Government – by Landis and Barber

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 24th, 2018

US Policy Toward the Levant, Kurds and Turkey – By Joshua Landis 

Posted by Joshua on Monday, January 15th, 2018

Beit Jann: Myths and Reality

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

Assessing Nikaolas Van Dam on Syria’s Fate – by Steven Heydemann

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 17th, 2017

Syria: Who will win the future? – By Nikolaos van Dam

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 11th, 2017

“No Justice for Khan Sheikhoun,” by Aron Lund

Posted by Aron Lund on Monday, November 6th, 2017

Who Will Usher the Middle East Into an Era of Peace? – By Sam Farah

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 23rd, 2017

What the KRG’s Loss of Kirkuk Means for Iraq

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

Trump’s Iran Policy is More about Rollback Than Nukes; It Will Cause More Failed States – by Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, October 14th, 2017

Minorities and the Kurdish Referendum—by Alda Benjamen

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, October 11th, 2017

Will the U.S. Abandon the Kurds of Syria Once ISIS is Destroyed? by Landis, Itani, Simon

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 1st, 2017

KRG Targets Minorities Ahead of Kurdistan Independence Referendum — Part Two: Annexing Christian Lands

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, September 30th, 2017

Mahdi al-Harati: a Libyan Force Multiplier

Posted by Tam Hussein on Tuesday, September 26th, 2017

Iraqi Minorities Face a Dilemma in Kurdish Independence

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, September 24th, 2017

Kurdish Independence and the Unheard Yazidi Voice — by Murad Ismael

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, September 22nd, 2017

KRG Targets Minorities Ahead of Kurdistan Independence Referendum — Part One: Exploiting the Yazidi Genocide

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, September 6th, 2017

Unwinnable: Britain’s war in Afghanistan 2001-2014- by Tam Hussein

Posted by Tam Hussein on Tuesday, September 5th, 2017

Who Gassed Khan Sheikhoun? The Investigation Begins

Posted by Aron Lund on Tuesday, July 25th, 2017

End of US Support for Syrian Rebels Sounds Death Knell for Attempt to Roll Back Iran & Russia in Syria – By Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 20th, 2017

Resolving Article 140: Settling the Issue of Iraq’s Disputed Territories Ahead of an Independence Referendum for Kurdistan

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, July 13th, 2017

Rollback? Trump’s Iran claims not just flawed but dangerous – by Steven Simon

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, July 5th, 2017

Farewell to Ibrahim “Abe” Soliman: A Syrian-American Who Worked for Peace between Syria and Israel – By Geoffrey Aronson

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 12th, 2017

The End of the PKK in Sinjar? How the Hashd al-Sha’bi Can Help Resolve the Yazidi Genocide

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, May 30th, 2017

China, the U.S, and the Future of the Middle East – By Sam Farah

Posted by Joshua on Monday, May 1st, 2017

Paradise Lost: The Rise and Fall of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by Tam Hussein

Posted by Tam Hussein on Friday, April 14th, 2017

Katibat Dir’ al-Watan: New Sub-Unit of the Fifth Legion

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Thursday, April 13th, 2017

Russia’s Escalation in Syria: Making It Tougher to Fight ISIS? – By Nicholas A. Heras

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, April 8th, 2017

Revenge Being Meted Out on ISIS linked Sunni Tribes of Iraq – FrontLine “Iraq Uncovered”

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017

Why the U.S. Should Team Up with the Kurds & Not Turkey to Take Raqqa and Destroy the Islamic State

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 17th, 2017

Liwa al-Mukhtar al-Thiqfi: Syrian IRGC Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

Yes, Syrian Kurds Have Committed War Crimes – Roy Gutman Responds to Aymenn Tamimi

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 12th, 2017

The rise and fall of a CIA-backed rebel commander in Syria – by @ErikaSolomon

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 9th, 2017

The KRG’s Relationship with the Yazidi Minority and the Future of the Yazidis in Shingal (Sinjar)

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, January 31st, 2017

A Post-National Framework for Peace and Stability in the Middle East – by Sam Farah

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 28th, 2017

America’s Failure – and Russia and Iran’s Success – in Syria’s Cataclysmic Civil War – By Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, January 12th, 2017

DAM WARS: How Water Scarcity Helped Create ISIS – by Quentin de Pimodan

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 11th, 2016

Kurdish Blockade of Sinjar Harms Yazidis: New HRW Report

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, December 6th, 2016

Saraya Al-Tawheed: A Pro-Assad Druze Militia in Lebanon and Syria

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, December 5th, 2016

China’s Interests in Syria and the Middle East – by Dr. Christina Lin

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 13th, 2016

Aleppo and America’s Syria Policy – by Robert G. Rabil

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 3rd, 2016

Liwa al-Imam Zain al-Abidain: Building a ‘Resistance’ in Eastern Syria

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, September 18th, 2016

“Turkey’s Syria Intervention,” by Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 28th, 2016

Syrian Hezbollah Militias of Nubl and Zahara’

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, August 15th, 2016

Liwa Sayf al-Mahdi: A Syrian Army Shi’i Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, August 6th, 2016

“Who is to blame for Syria’s nightmare?” By Ehsani2

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 31st, 2016

“What the Rebel Loss of Aleppo Will Mean for Syria,” by Landis, Heras, Lund & Abdulhamid

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 29th, 2016

“Educating Syrian Refugees in Turkey,” by Salih Yasun

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 25th, 2016

“Why the Islamic State Is Losing, and Why It Still Hopes to Win”

Posted by Aron Lund on Friday, June 17th, 2016

“The Asad Petition of 1936: Bashar’s Grandfather Was Pro-Unionist,” By Stefan Winter

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Dealing with Syria’s Foreign Fighters: A Liberal Conundrum

Posted by Tam Hussein on Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

The ‘Martyrs’ of Liwa al-Sayyida Ruqayya (The Ja’afari Force)

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, May 29th, 2016

General Gouraud: “Saladin, We’re Back!” Did He Really Say It?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 27th, 2016

The Local Defence Forces: Regime Auxiliary Forces in Aleppo

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, May 23rd, 2016

A Day in The Life of The Jungle: Syrians Camped out in Calais

Posted by Tam Hussein on Friday, May 20th, 2016

Liwa al-Jalil: A New Pro-Assad Palestinian Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, May 6th, 2016

Harakat al-Hawiya al-Arabiya al-Druziya: Defending Druze Identity in Suwayda’

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, March 6th, 2016

The Dir’ al-Watan Brand: Liwa Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, February 26th, 2016

Liwa Dir’ al-Watan: A New Pro-Assad Militia in Damascus

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, February 24th, 2016

Report on Mass Graves of Yazidis in Sinjar

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, January 30th, 2016

The Ten Most Important Developments in Syria in 2015

Posted by Aron Lund on Sunday, January 3rd, 2016

“Regime-Change without State Collapse is Impossible in Syria,” Landis Interviewed by RT’s Sophie&Co

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 9th, 2015

Media Maskirovka: Russia and the Free Syrian Army

Posted by Aron Lund on Sunday, November 8th, 2015

“Russia’s Intervention in Syria – A View From the Past,” by Meir Zamir

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

Rijal al-Karama after Sheikh Abu Fahad Waheed al-Bal’ous’ Assassination

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, October 26th, 2015

The Doha Congress: Negotiating a Return of the Iraqi Baath Party?

Posted by Aron Lund on Saturday, September 5th, 2015

The Assassination of Sheikh Abu Fahad al-Bal’ous: Context and Analysis

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, September 5th, 2015

Overview of some pro-Assad Militias

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

ISIS: A Caliphate of Torture and Rape

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, August 18th, 2015

How to Understand Those 60 Trainees

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, August 14th, 2015

Syrian Rebel Leader Subhi al-Refai on U.S. relations with Ahrar al-Sham

Posted by Aron Lund on Wednesday, August 12th, 2015

Liwa al-Sayyida Ruqayya: Recruiting the Shi’a of Damascus

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, August 12th, 2015

Quwat al-Ridha: Syrian Hezbollah

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, July 31st, 2015

“The inside Story of the British Suicide Bomber of Ramadi,” By Tam Hussein

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 21st, 2015

“Mohammad Nassif: The Shadow Man of the Syria-Iran Axis,” by Mohammad Ataie

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 16th, 2015

The Iran-Syria Alliance: Sectarianism or Realpolitik? — by Mohammad Ataie

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, June 14th, 2015

Syria in Limbo: Neither Reunification nor Partition Are Yet Possible

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, May 24th, 2015

How Far is Hezbollah Willing to Go in Syria?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, April 20th, 2015

HRW: “ISIS Escapees Describe Systematic Rape”

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, April 15th, 2015

Review of “ISIS: The State of Terror”

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, March 27th, 2015

The Kobani Model: Strengthening Kurdish-Arab Relations in Syria

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, March 19th, 2015

Meet the Badris

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, March 13th, 2015

Train-and-Equip: Fight for Pluralism in Syria

Posted by Matthew Barber on Monday, March 9th, 2015

J.K. Gani’s “The Role of Ideology in Syrian-US Relations” — Reviewed by Julio Rivera

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, February 7th, 2015

After Burning of Muaz al-Kasasbeh, Jordan & al-Azhar’s Gestures of Vengeance Will Not Heal

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, February 6th, 2015

Book Review: ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015

Jamaat Ansar al-Islam in Syria Joins The Islamic State?

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Thursday, January 8th, 2015

Sample Concepts of a Christian-Shi’a Alliance in Iraq

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, December 31st, 2014

The Islamic State (IS) and Pledges of Allegiance: The Case of Jamaat Ansar al-Islam

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, November 28th, 2014

The Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra: A Looming Grand Jihadi Alliance?

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, November 14th, 2014

Nusra’s Offensive in Idlib & its Attempt to Destroy Washington’s Allies. November 2014

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 5th, 2014

A Visit to the Tomb of Hafez al-Asad

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

Joshua Landis on ISIS, Syria & the “Great Sorting Out” in the Middle East – Interview with Danny Postel

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 17th, 2014

Islamic State Officially Admits to Enslaving Yazidi Women

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, October 12th, 2014

The Yazidis Are Not Getting Support

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, October 5th, 2014

If the U.S. Wanted To, It Could Help Free Thousands of Enslaved Yazidi Women in a Single Day

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Sinjar Was Only the Beginning—by Matthew Barber

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, August 8th, 2014

IS Routs Peshmerga, Takes Control of Sinjar Mountains, Jeopardizes Yazidi Homeland

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, August 3rd, 2014

The Expulsion of Mosul’s Christians, part 1: The Account of the Kidnapped Nuns

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, August 2nd, 2014

The Six Words You Need to Know to Be a Successful Jihadi and Establish Your Own Caliphate

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, July 6th, 2014

Joshua Landis & Robert Ford discuss Syria at Wilson Center event

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, June 15th, 2014

The Future of ISIS and the Sectarian Response: ISIS has Picked a Fight it Cannot Win

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 15th, 2014

Syria: The West Should Stop Raising False Expectations – By Nikolaos van Dam

Posted by Joshua on Monday, May 19th, 2014

“Obama Approval of Manpads for Rebels Would Violate US Agreements, Policy, and Endanger Airliners,” by James McMichael

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 29th, 2014

“Syria, Iraq and Lebanon: the new Af-Pak,” by Anno Bunnik

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 13th, 2014

“Why Syria’s Assad heads to Geneva from a position of strength,” by Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014

New ISIS Leaks Reveal Particulars of al-Qaida Strategy

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, January 12th, 2014

“Syrian Chemical Weapons & the Possibility of Ending the Civil War,” by William R Polk

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 29th, 2013

Chemical Weapons and Responses; The Developing Story of Tripoli’s Bombing; Theories on Outcomes for Syria

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, September 1st, 2013

Syria Consolidates into Three Cantons as the Opposition Pushes Back, Taking Mengh Airbase and other Strategic Points

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

Problems for Syrians in Egypt; News from Kurdish North; Looting & Oil; Round-up

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, August 1st, 2013

Gangs of Latakia: The Militiafication of the Assad Regime

Posted by Aron Lund on Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013

Round-up: News from the North, Changes to Opposition, Egypt, and a lot of Miscellany

Posted by Matthew Barber on Monday, July 8th, 2013

Round Up: Lethal Aid, Human Interest Stories, Lebanon

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, June 23rd, 2013

Obama Owes Syrians and Americans a Vision of Syria’s Future

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Clerics in Egypt Call for Global Jihad Against Regime’s Shiite Allies, Egypt Cuts Syria Ties

Posted by Matthew Barber on Monday, June 17th, 2013

Round Up: Qusayr, Hezbollah, Regional Sectarianism, Ehsani on Economics, Foreign Jihadis Behead & Kill for Blasphemy, US Intervention Proposal

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, June 13th, 2013

“The Turkish-Syrian Border Dispute: A View From the Past” – By Meir Zamir

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

Has the War Reached Lebanon? Meanwhile, Obama Updates War on Terror

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

Brotherhood Figures Block Yaqoubi’s Appointment, Post-Confirmation

Posted by Matthew Barber on Monday, May 27th, 2013

Is Jabhat al-Nosra breaking apart?

Posted by Aron Lund on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Is Syria Like Iraq?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 3rd, 2013

Oil Wars—Nusra’s Expanding Reach—Syrian Taliban

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, April 27th, 2013

Sorting out David Ignatius

Posted by Aron Lund on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

Drones, A New Alawite Opposition, Obama in Israel

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

Lebanese Tension, Egyptian Chaos, Iraqi Memories… and all the news from Syria

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

“The Free Syrian Army Does Exist” by Koert Debeuf & Response by Aron Lund

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

al-Nusra, al-Raqqa, Calls for Jihad, River of Death

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, March 14th, 2013

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Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013

“Women: The Forgotten Victims” by Aida Dalati

Posted by Joshua on Friday, December 28th, 2012

“Syria’s Long Civil War” by Glenn Robinson

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 30th, 2012

Is a Turkey-Syria conflict inevitable? – Inside Syria: Aljazeera

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 15th, 2012

Syrian Kurdistan: Can it Make a Peaceful Transition?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 21st, 2012

Syria and the US – by Sami Moubayed – New Book

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 24th, 2012

“The Hamas-Syrian Split, a Dilemma for Iran’s Palestinian Strategy,” By Mohammad Ataie

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 12th, 2012

“Making the Maliki State in Iraq and the Reemergence of Izzat Ibrahim ad-Duri” By LTC Joel Rayburn

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Will Sanctions Bring Down the Syrian Regime?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Opposition Parties Fight in Cairo; Feltman Claims Sanctions Effective and Assad’s Days Numbered, Eyes on Turkey

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Qaddafi’s Death, Mazoot Prices, Opposition

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

The First Legally Binding Decision Against Syria Fails At the U.N. (By Ehsani)

Posted by Ehsani on Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Opposition National Council Formed; Opposition Gets Armed; Building Boom in Syria as Sanctions Bite;

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 19th, 2011

Four of Syria’s Biggest Businessmen Hit with EU Sanctions as Anger and Fear Spread

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 4th, 2011

“We Will Have to Eat Brown Bread,” Adib Mayaleh, Head of Syria’s Central Bank

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 26th, 2011

Sanctions and Their Impact; The Opposition Forms Transitional Parliament

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 20th, 2011

Baath Party Calls Emergency Meeting; Latakia; EU Weighs Broad Sanctions

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

“The US Won’t Use Force against Syria,” Chief of Staff Mike Mullen; Armed Gang Controversy

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

New Party Law Preserves Baath Power; Saudi – Iran – Turkey Vie For Syria

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Syrian “National Salvation” Opposition Meeting in Istanbul: Opening Remarks and Mr Maleh (17 July 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 16th, 2011

An interview with Bassam Alkadi, President of the Syrian Women Observatory

Posted by Alex on Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

Syria Turns to Iraq to Preempt Damaging European Heavy Crude Boycott

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Is Turkey a Shield? Assad to Speak about Reform on Monday

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 19th, 2011

Syrian Opposition Meeting in Antalya: Day Two

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

The Opposition Meeting in Antalya (1 June 2011) First Impressions

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Syrian Opposition to Meet in Turkey: May 31 – June 2

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

Obama to Assad: “Lead that transition, or get out of the way.”

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Assad Sanctioned – What Can it Do for America?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Rami Makhlouf’s daily blasts Turkey; Draws MB link

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 12th, 2011

US closer to declaring Assad’s rule in Syria illegitimate

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

The Man Who Wrote the Mehlis Report on Rafiq al-Hariri’s Murder Claims Third Witness was a “full-blown mythomaniac”

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 5th, 2011

News Round Up (11 April 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Duma; Turkey Hosts Musl. Brotherhood; Press Services; More

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 1st, 2011

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

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

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

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 27th, 2011

News Round Up (27 February 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 27th, 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

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

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 6th, 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

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

Ford Made Ambassador to Syria in Recess Appointment

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Wikileaks: “Syrian-Iranian Relations return to normal”; Jordan, Turkey, and US Seek Improved Iran Relations; Hariri Tribunal Delayed;

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 18th, 2010

Assad in France: “There is no peace process; Europe’s stance cannot remain tied to the US role”e

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 11th, 2010

WikiLeaks: Saudi Proposed Arab Force to Invade Lebanon; Makhlouf Sanctions; Mughniya Murder

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 11th, 2010

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