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Wikileaks: Bellemare “has no case” against Syria

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Wikileaks: “General Rifi is convinced that Syrian authorities are directly responsible for all three crimes,” said a cable classified by Jeremy Feltman

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 5th, 2010

Should A Resurgent Syria Give Alarm?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 5th, 2010

Elias Murr: “If Israel has to bomb Shia areas, that is Hizbullah’s concern… The Lebanese Army Forces will stay on their bases …. and take over once Hizballah’s militia has been destroyed.”

Posted by Joshua on Friday, December 3rd, 2010

Wiki Leaks: First Cut

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 28th, 2010

“Defining a Constructive Role in the Middle East,” by Ahmed Salkini

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Disapearing Golan; Hariri Murder; Iran

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

Can the US Convince Hariri to Stand up to Hizbullah with the Lebanese Tribunal?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 18th, 2010

China’s Rise Undermines Power of Sanctions as US Diplomatic Tool

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Assad Grants State Employees a 50% Bonus as Job Creation Lags

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 14th, 2010

More WikiLeaks – Kerry: “Israel should return Golan”

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 1st, 2010

“Why Lieberman?,” by Shai

Posted by Alex on Sunday, October 31st, 2010

News Round Up (24 October 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 25th, 2010

Ahmedinejad in Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 15th, 2010

Drought, Water Management, and the Kurdish Question

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 15th, 2010

Tuykey and Syria Struggle to Resolve Their Kurdish Question

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Turkey Continues to Look East; Iran Hit by Sanctions

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 11th, 2010

The Special Lebanon Tribunal Power Play – The End of the Bush Agenda

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 7th, 2010

Encouraging Israel not to Settle; Encouraging Iran to Go Nuclear

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 1st, 2010

U.S. Saves Talks but Not Palestine

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 25th, 2010

“Syria’s Improved Relations with Turkey is the Center-Piece of Bashar Assad’s New Foreign Policy,” Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Syria Gets Better Russian Missiles

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 19th, 2010

“New Media is Straining Government Tolerance In Syria,” by Deb Amos

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 16th, 2010

What Does Turkey’s “Yes” Vote Mean for Democracy

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

News Round Up (13 Sept 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 13th, 2010

Drought Hits East for Forth Year Causing More Distress

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Lebanon PM: I was wrong to accuse Syria of Rafik Hariri murder

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

“Bush White House Wanted to Destroy the Syrian State by Force and With Urgency,” Tony Blair

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 3rd, 2010

News Round Up (1 Sept. 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Will Obama Abandon the Bush Policy of Punishing Mid East Countries that Oppose Israeli Expansion?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

News Round Up (29 August 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

News Roundup (August 20 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 20th, 2010

Will rising tensions in the Middle East lead to another catastrophic war?

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

News Round Up (22 July 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

“Syrians Were Not Behind the Hariri Assassination,” Former US Offical to as-Safir

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

News Round Up (14 July 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Is the Obama Peace Effort Over?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

“A Peace Crime” by Levy; Will Turkey be Punished?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 11th, 2010

Hizbullah Arms; Senator Specter to Damascus; Cordesman: “Iranian Threat Exaggerated”

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Lesch Article on Assad; Syria Worst at Anti-Corruption; Bush Nixxed Israel 2007 Bombing

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Skewed Balance of Power between Israel and Syrian Impedes Peace

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Real GDP Growth 5.9%? Turkey and Change in the Region; Fadlallah Dies

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 5th, 2010

What Effect will Turkey’s Switch to Israeli Opponent have on Syria and the Regional Balance of Power?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 25th, 2010

News Round Up (25 June 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 24th, 2010

What Are US Tech Firms Doing in Damas? NeoCon Dreams of Regime Change

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 19th, 2010

Overview of Syrian-US Relations

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Uri Saguy on Barak’s “Missed Opportunity” with Syria – Didi Remez trans.

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 17th, 2010

US-Syrian Diplomatic War; US Tech Firms to Syria; Trade Union w. Turkey

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 14th, 2010

Israel Pays High Price for Attack on Turkish Flotilla with Aid for Gaza

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Israel Wins Twice

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 29th, 2010

News Round UP (23 May 2010) Kerry in Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

OneMideast.org Written up by Blanford, CNN and All4Syria

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 20th, 2010

OneMideast.Org Written up by Ian Black and Joe Macaron

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Medvedev’s Visits to Syria and Turkey – News Round Up (14 May 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 14th, 2010

“Will failure to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict mean a new Cold War in the Middle East,” By Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

“A Brief Introduction to the Shebaa Farms Problem” by Matthieu Cimino

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 8th, 2010

News Round Up (May 6, 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Who is Changing the Regional Balance of Power?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Iran, Syria, and US in War of Words as West Bank is Digested by Israel

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Freeman: Israel is useless to US power projection

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Is a Hizbullah – Israel War Likely?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Turkish-Syria Military; How to Sanction Syria? Obama Keeps Jewish Leaders Happy

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Seguy: “It Was Not about Dipping Assad’s Feet into the Water of the Kinneret that Prevented Peace”

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

US and Israel Agree; Missile Controversy Plays Out

Posted by Joshua on Monday, April 26th, 2010

Why are US Analysts Surprised that Syria Arms Hizbullah?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 25th, 2010

“Syria’s National Day Celebrations at the Library of Congress”, by Ford Prefect

Posted by Alex on Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Missiles and More

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 23rd, 2010

News Round Up (22 April 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

The Scud Issues Has Legs – State Dept Summons Syrian Diplomat

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

News Round Up (19 April 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, April 19th, 2010

News Round Up (18 April 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Why Having a US Ambassador in Damascus is Important

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 15th, 2010

News Round Up (14 April 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Ambassador Ford’s Confirmation Delayed

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Netanyahu: “We will oppose an imposed solution”

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Will Obama Unveil a Peace Plan?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Renewed talks between Israel and Syria unlikely

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 4th, 2010

“The Turkish Judicial System: Guardians of the Ancient Regime,” By Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Kerry Creates Good Will in Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Kerry to Syria Keeps Hope Alive

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Why Syria Must Burnish its “Resistance” Credentials in the Face of Obama’s Inaction on Settlement Expansion

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Moshe Ya’alon, Israel’s Vice Premier, Explains How Netanyahu “Maneuvers” to Avoid Agreement

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 28th, 2010

“Nationalist First, Islamist Second: The Armenian Issue Shows the Limits of the Erdogan Government,” by Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

News Round Up (21 March 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 22nd, 2010

News Round Up (March 19, 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 19th, 2010

Syrian Economy; Israel – US Clash

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 19th, 2010

Ambassador Ford Hearings; Petraeus’s Testimony; Hof in Damascus to Discuss Peace

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 19th, 2010

Mearsheimer and Bacevich on Petraeus and the Clash of US-Israeli Interests

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Will Israel Flex Its Muscle Further?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Petraeus Asks that Palestinians be Considered Middle Eastern and Not European – Politics Prevail over National Interest

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Syria NOT Pursuing Nuclear Power, Biden Flounders, Ford to Confirmation

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 14th, 2010

“The Armenian Genocide: The Islamist and Kemalist Consensus,” by Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Devastation in the North East; Left Laments Israel; Right Laments Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 8th, 2010

“Turkey at a Crossroad: Democracy or Military Rule?” by Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 5th, 2010

John Kerry and Leveretts Talk to Assad

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Clinton to Damascus?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 1st, 2010

Reactions to the Assad-Ahmadinejad Summit

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Assad and Ahmadinejad – “There is No Separating Iran and Syria”

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 26th, 2010

Austrian FM and James Baker III on Syria-Israel Peace Talks

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Assad Reaches Out to Business, Turkey, France and the US

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Will Engaging Syria deal a “Blow to Iran”? Not Likely.

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 19th, 2010

Obama Nominates Ambassador to Syria as Businessmen Rush in

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

News Round Up (15 February 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 15th, 2010

The Case for Syria

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Economy Grows at 4%ish; Saudi Handshaking; Israeli-Syria Verbal Jousting

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 8th, 2010

More on New US Amb., War Bluster, Hariri Court

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Israel and Syria Threaten War as US Pushes for Talks: Feltman and Abrams Explain US Policy

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Has Washington Decided to Focus on Syrian-Israeli Peace?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 1st, 2010

Syrian Growth Figures; More Scary Drought Figures from the East

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Economics, NGOs and More

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

“Ecological Peace between Syria and Israel?” by Saleem H. Ali

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

“The US Censors Syrian Internet,” By Idaf

Posted by Joshua on Monday, January 25th, 2010

NGO’s in Syria; Mitchell Should Resign; Egypt and Syria Feud; Assad to Libya

Posted by Joshua on Monday, January 25th, 2010

Al-Waleed Bin Talal: “Assad… we are getting him back in the fold”

Posted by Joshua on Friday, January 22nd, 2010

News Round up (20 January 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

“Greater Syria” and “Turkey’s slide toward Syria and Iran” by Rabinovich, Maoz, Moubayed et al.

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Economic Policy and Amer Lutfi as Head of State Planning Commission

Posted by Joshua on Monday, January 18th, 2010

Has Obama Outsourced the Job of Chastising Israel to Turkey?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Deborah Amos on the Water and Food Crisis

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Washington Reaffirms Sanctions on Syria as Gift to Israel

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

News Round Up (27 December 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 28th, 2009

End of Arab Cold War Makes Syria Man in the Middle

Posted by Joshua on Friday, December 25th, 2009

Assessing Hariri’s visit to Lebanon and Syria’s Rise

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Hariri Speech Reveals Bad Arabic; Adam Ereli Possible Ambassador to Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 21st, 2009

Hariri Goes to Damascus; US Gives More and Better Arms to Israel

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 19th, 2009

“Reshuffling the Cards?: Syria’s Evolving Strategy,” by Peter Harling of ICG

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Turkey’s “Zero Crescents, Zero Axises, and Zero problems” Foreign Policy is Catching on.

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Sharaa on Turkey, the US, Lebanon; Diplomats on Bus Explosion; Turkey’s Leadership

Posted by Joshua on Friday, December 11th, 2009

Is Syria to Blame for the Bombings in Iraq?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Bus Bomb? Syrian-Israel Peace Talks? SSNP, Turkey is Warned, Washington is Broken

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

“Jordan is a model that works, whether we like it or not,” – Rami Khouri

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Bus Explosion in Damascus Sets off Wild Speculation

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Will India’s Proposal to Invest Billions in Iran Undermine US Sanction Drive? Is Turkey the Winner?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Dubai Blues and Iraqi families Suffer in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 30th, 2009

“Has Syria Won?” in the Economist

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 27th, 2009

News Round Up (25 November 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Syria and Iraq and Lebanon and ….

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

France Champions Syria While US Says Differences with Damascus are “Profound”

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Assad in Paris

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 13th, 2009

Netanyahu Talks Peace for the Press; Syrian Subsidies

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Lebanon Gets a New Government

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

News Round Up (6 November 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 6th, 2009

Israeli Trojan Horse Proves Lame: Syrians Unveil New Secret Weapon

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Why Turkey Went to Iran and What it Means

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 30th, 2009

Turkey’s “Zero Problem with Neighbors” Reaches Iran: New Currency Deal Eliminates Dollar

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 29th, 2009

The Turkey-Syria-Iran Alliance Heats Up; The Economy, Tepid

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

The Association Agreement; Authoritarianism; and Arab winds of change

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Syria’s Four Seas strategy, by Yoav Stern

Posted by Alex on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

“The Murders at al-Sukariya” by Reese Erlich and Peter Coyote

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

News Round Up (19 October 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

News Round Up (18 October 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Will Syria Give up the Golan as it Gave up Alexandretta?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Alex on Saudi Arabia; Hamidi on Turkey

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Angelina Does Damascus; Saudi King on his Way; Syria’s Attitude toward an Iranian Nuke

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 5th, 2009

Can Obama and Sarkozy Succeed?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 2nd, 2009

“Can Former Iraqi Baathists in Syria Ever Go Home?” by Andrew Lee Butters

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Syria’s Integration: What Changes Will it Bring?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Is Syrian-US Engagement at an End?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Turk & Syria – Assad Interview: Muslim Brothers, Kurds, Iraq, Israel

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 14th, 2009

Iraq-Syria Row Calming, but Maliki Needs to Shift Blame for Elections

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 13th, 2009

EU postpones Syrian accord; Ignatius on Syria; Butters on Beirut

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 12th, 2009

France has Led the West out of Bush Think and into Engagement with Syria

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Turkey Changes Heart, Says It Will Increase Water Flow of Rivers

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 4th, 2009

Turkey Says More Water For Iraq, Syria Is Unlikely

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 4th, 2009

Syria Seeks to Separate US Relationship from Arab-Israeli Conflict

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, August 20th, 2009

The American MidEast Leadership Network’s Virtual Scrapbook

Posted by Alex on Friday, August 14th, 2009

News Round Up (Mon Aug. 10, 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, August 10th, 2009

Hariri Majority thin with Jumblatt Defection; Brits Urge Peace

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Sanctions on Hafiz Makhluf and Muhammad Nasif Khayr Bek Extended

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 1st, 2009

Mitchell Moves Ahead With Normalization of US-Sy Relations for Iraq Security and More

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

First analysis of the Mitchell Meeting

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 27th, 2009

What is Mitchel up to in Damascus?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 24th, 2009

Mitchell to Syria; Arafat Murdered?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

News Round UP (Sunday 20 July 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 20th, 2009

News Round Up (17 July 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 17th, 2009

Hof in Israel; Britain and Arms

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Israel Frightened of Golan on a Platter or Without Platter

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 13th, 2009

Syria Wants Center Stage

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 12th, 2009

News Round Up (9 July 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Muallem: “Yes, we want the Golan Back on a Silver Platter.”

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Will Syria Serve Up Iran on a Silver Platter?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Who Will Be the Next US Ambassador to Syria?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Scholarly Articles; Bolton; First Lady on Democracy

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

News Round Up (1 July 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

News Round Up (30 June 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Apologies to Howard Schweber and Barak’s Settlement Shuffle

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 29th, 2009

Why Turmoil in Iran Will Not Cause Peace Between Israel and Syria

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 28th, 2009

“Hillary is Wrong About Settlements,” Elliott Abrams & Saudi Arabia

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 26th, 2009

Ambassador Redux and its Implications

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Syrian Reformers Increasingly Agree that EU-Syrian Association Agreement Should be Signed

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 20th, 2009

News Round Up (19 June 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 19th, 2009

Syrian-Israeli Peace Made Easy by Cobban

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

News Round Up (June 17, 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Iran, Mitchell, Lebanon and Iraq

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 15th, 2009

Carter Blasts Feltman

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 11th, 2009

The Mitchell Visit: Why it is Important

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Popular Vote Favors Lebanon’s Opposition, Despite Loss

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Syrians Silent and Disappointed but Ready to Put Lebanon Behind Them

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 8th, 2009

Elections Run Smoothly in Lebanon Despite Final Fear Mongering

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Will Obama Put Syria at the Center of a Peace Plan?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 6th, 2009

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