Archive for the 'Politics' Category

Opposition Disunity Becomes the Problem as the West Gets its Ducks in a Row

Posted by Joshua on Monday, August 29th, 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

Haithem al-Maleh, Landis, Fred Reed on Prism TV

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Shara Spells out “Road Map” to Reform; Compares it to Corrective Movement Led by Hafiz al-Assad

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

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

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Syria: An Uprising, Not a Revolution, By Yazan Badran

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

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

Posted by Alex on Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

Syrian Opposition Conference: Semiramis Hotel: 200 members – First Impressions

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 27th, 2011

How the Opposition Plans to Take Down the Syrian Regime (Joshua Landis & Ausama Monajed)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 20th, 2011

The Final Declaration of the Antalya Opposition Conference

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 4th, 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

Divisions within the Syrian Opposition on Eve of Turkey Meeting

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 26th, 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

What Will a Post Assad Syria Look Like?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Rami Makhlouf’s daily blasts Turkey; Draws MB link

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Syrian Revolution 2011 Facebook page Administrator, Fidaaldin Al-Sayed Issa, Interviewed by Adam Almkvist

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Syrian Regime Says it is Witnessing the end of the Story; Opposition Calls Meeting in Cairo

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

News Round Up (3 May 2011) Syrian Banks Asked to Pay for Stable Syrian Pound

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

“National Initiative for Change” Program of Syrian Opposition: the liberal wing

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 29th, 2011

“Syria’s New Government,” By EHSANI2

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 15th, 2011

Western Press Misled – Who Shot the Nine Soldiers in Banyas? Not Syrian Security Forces

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

SYRIA’S PRESIDENT ASSAD: WHY IS ANYONE SURPRISED?” by Brian J. Davis, Canadian Ambassador to Syria, 2003-2006uesd

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

News Round Up (11 April 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Assad Responds to Clerics’ Demands

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

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

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 1st, 2011

Syrian Reactions to the President’s Speech

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 30th, 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

“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

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

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

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 11th, 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

Demonstration in Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 18th, 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

‘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

Will “Day of Rage” Rock Syria?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

“Syrian Corruption” by Lina Sinjab; Tourism and Preserving Syrian Heritage; Stateless Kurds

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, December 30th, 2010

George Saghir and Bassel Hamwi Launch Independent Economic Index to Assess Syrian Economy

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Landis Debates Steven Heydemann: “Syria and Islamism.” BloggingheadTV

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 12th, 2010

“The Sin in Syria is Low Wages,” by Ehsani

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 18th, 2010

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

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 7th, 2010

Memorizing is Out in Syrian Schools? Poetry is In.

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

“Why Does Syria Do So Badly in World Economic Rankings,” by Ehsani

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 10th, 2010

“The Syria Muslim Brotherhood: Leadership Transition from Bayanouni to Shaqfa” by Aron Lund

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 21st, 2010

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

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

The Niqab and Syria’s Private Girls Schools

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Human Rights Watch “A Wasted Decade”

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 16th, 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

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

News Round Up (25 June 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 24th, 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

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

Beyond Image: The Effects of the Visual Noise in the City of Damascus. By S. Farah for Syria Comment

Posted by Alex on Thursday, May 6th, 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

News Round Up (18 April 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 18th, 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

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

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

“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 (March 19, 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 19th, 2010

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

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 5th, 2010

“Arab Democracy is Fantasy,” by Elie Elhadj

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 23rd, 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

The Case for Syria

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

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

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

“Syria: the prospects for political change” by Landis; Ilyas Maleh on his father

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Mitchell on the March, Muslim Brothers in Egypt, Makhlouf Man of 2009

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Radwan Ziadeh on “Syria’s Democratic Past: Lessons for the Future”

Posted by Joshua on Monday, January 11th, 2010

Bus Explosion in Damascus Sets off Wild Speculation

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

A Memoir-Novel of Tadmur Military Prison, reviewed by S. Taleghani

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Omar Dahi and Ehsani Debate “Neoliberalism” and Economic Reform

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 13th, 2009

Observations along the road to Kassab and the streets of Aleppo, by Ehsani

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

It’s the Economy Stupid – Ehsani Comments

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 30th, 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

News Round Up (18 October 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Muhammad Atta in Aleppo; Muslim Brothers; Oil

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

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

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 14th, 2009

Bashar ElSbihi Clarifies

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 9th, 2009

The Push for Peace

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Opposition News and Bashar Sba’i’s Return

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 1st, 2009

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

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 20th, 2009

“New Personal Status Draft Law Does Not Permits Polygamy for Christians,” by Tyler Golson

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

US-Syria relations: time to hit the reset button?

Posted by Alex on Sunday, May 31st, 2009

“Kilo Set Free,” by Khaled Oweis

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Ire over US Sanctions Causes Policy Review in Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Assad to Austria, 5 New Ministers, Oil, and Lebanon Elections

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 24th, 2009

The National Salvation Front Folds

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Farid Ghadry’s Leadership of the Reform Party of Syria Expires

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 10th, 2009

Ray Close on the Golan

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 10th, 2009

Muslim Brotherhood Breaks with Khaddam and NSF

Posted by Joshua on Monday, April 6th, 2009

News Round Up (April 1, 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Nasrallah’s Rhetoric Directed East or West?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Private Universities; Haykal Wins; Syriacs Hang On

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 8th, 2009

“Syria could be softening stance on dissidents,” Phil Sands

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Ambassadors, Kerry, Levey, Sanctions, and Peace

Posted by on Sunday, February 15th, 2009

A New Middle East Strategy for the Age of Obama

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Is Syria Putting a Price Tag on a US Brokered Peace with Israel?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 6th, 2009

Balancing “Change” and “Prudence” will be an arduous process for President Obama

Posted by Alex on Monday, February 2nd, 2009

You lose ability, when you lose credibility, S. Farah

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

What the Middle East Needs is the “Audacity of Hope”, by Hind Kabawat

Posted by Alex on Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Will US talk to Hamas? Many say, “Yes”

Posted by Joshua on Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Will Syria Benefit from Israel’s Invasion of Gaza?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Syria’s Advice to Obama

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Top 5 reasons why Israel is attacking Gaza

Posted by Alex on Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Peace Talks and the Economy

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Syria is the Only Game in Town

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Waging Peace in Atlanta, by Britta Froelicher

Posted by Alex on Friday, December 19th, 2008

SYRIAN GOVERNMENT TO BAN SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Carter in Damascus as US and Israel try to Pressure Syria on UN inspections

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Netanyahu Agrees to Give Syria Talk, but Not Golan

Posted by Joshua on Friday, December 12th, 2008

News Round UP (6 December 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 6th, 2008

“Giving Back the Golan Will Not Be Easy,” by Shai

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 1st, 2008

“Start With Syria” by Aaron David Miller

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 27th, 2008

“A New U.S. Policy For Syria,” by Seth Kaplan

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

“Can Syria change its image?” by S. Farah

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 24th, 2008

Are There Non-Sectarian Parties in Syria: The case of the SSNP?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

“We will not allow another [IAEA] visit”

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

The Nuclear Mess – Where Does it Leave Syria?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Traces Of Uranium found in Syria: Moallem Says No More Searches

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Yoav Stern discusses his coverage of Syrian affairs

Posted by Alex on Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Obama Dispatches Malley to Syria?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 7th, 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

12 Opposition Leaders Sentenced

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 31st, 2008

“Twilight Struggle” by Eli Lake

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Flipping Peace Tracks Again?

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Asma Al-Asad: “Excuse me! I do not have “good relations” with Christians”

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 20th, 2008

Has Assad’s Social Base Narrowed or Expanded?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

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

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 13th, 2008

Reader’s Comment on “Why Syria Doesn’t Want War”

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

The Bombing and More.

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Car Bomb in Damascus and Rise of Salafi Groups in Region

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 27th, 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

Baker calls Bush ‘ridiculous’ on Syria

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

News Round UP (13 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 13th, 2008

News Round Up (12 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 12th, 2008

News Round UP (9 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 8th, 2008

Difficult Decisions for Assad, but Syrian Art Sizzles

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 8th, 2008

Hokayem and Young on the Assad-Sarkozy Summit

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 8th, 2008

Economic News About Syria (6 Sept 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 7th, 2008

News Roundup (6 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Sarkozy in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 5th, 2008

The Middle East Waits for America

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 5th, 2008

Israel Peace Negotiator Quits; Hamas Leader Leaves Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Competing with the Syrian government itself and wining hands down

Posted by Alex on Monday, September 1st, 2008

News Round UP (1 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 31st, 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

Obama Adviser Kurtzer Advises Syria to Do More for Peace

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

IDAF’s Observations on his Month-long Trip Around Syria

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Assassination Speculation

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Aref Dalileh released

Posted by Alex on Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Muhammad Suleiman Murdered

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, August 5th, 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

Odds and Ends

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 28th, 2008

News Round Up (27 July 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 28th, 2008

News Round Up (20 July 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 20th, 2008

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

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 20th, 2008

The Prisoner Swap Controversy

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 17th, 2008

America’s Role in Israel-Syria Talks

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 14th, 2008

Iran Warns Syria Against Peace with Israel

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 14th, 2008

As Paris Boosts Assad, US Adds Sanctions (10 July 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Prison Riot, Golan, Syria Heads East

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 7th, 2008

Bashar al-Assad Walking the Tight-Rope

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Prisoner Swap; Golan; Negotiations

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

News Round Up (28 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Interpol says Syria “very cooperative” on Terrorism: US Oil Majors Back in Iraq

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Olmert: If there is Peace with Syria, the reality in the region will change

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Will Assad and Israeli President Shimon Peres Meet in Paris?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

“Obama’s Mideast Experts Emphasize Talks,” by Jay Solomon

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

“What Syria stands for: The moral argument for US friendship with Syria,” by S. Farah

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 16th, 2008

Turkey and Syria Discuss Nuclear Cooperation

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Bashar Will Always Have Paris: Obama has AIPAC

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 13th, 2008

News Round Up (10 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Assef Shawkat Hubbub Debunked

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Syria Squashes Coup Attempt, Die Welt claims

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 6th, 2008

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