Archive for the 'Syria Revolution 2011' Category

Friday 29 July 2011: “Your Silence is Killing US”

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 29th, 2011

Buti [not] Expelled From Mosque – Soldiers enter Kanaker: 8 Killed

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

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

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Economic News Roundup (26 July 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

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

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Activists Attack Army Cadets, Derail Train, and Kill 20 Soldiers in Homs as Opposition Uses Force

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 24th, 2011

Rastan Rebels Kill 20 Syrian Soldiers in Homs, according to Wall Street Journal

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 24th, 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

Syria’s Security Measures are Failing

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 22nd, 2011

New Opposition TV Station; Hama Free? Homs and Deir Shut Down

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 21st, 2011

“A Call to President Assad to Launch Democratic Reform before Syria stumbles toward Sectarian Conflict Iraq-Style,” by Inhabitant of Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Syrians Scared and Angered by Sectarian Fighting. Little unity Among Opposition

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

In Homs, 30 Dead as Communal Factions Fight; Bukamal and Qatana Light Up as Calm Returns to Hama

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 18th, 2011

“The Road to Qardaha,” by Peter

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 16th, 2011

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

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 16th, 2011

“The Street Will Wash Them Away,” Amb. Ford – Biggest Demonstrations So Far: Friday 15 July 2011

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 15th, 2011

Economic News and More (13 July 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

“The Syrian Regime’s Slow-motion Suicide: Crisis Group,” by Peter Harling

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Does the US Getting into a Fight with Syria Help the Syrian Opposition or the Regime?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 11th, 2011

Syria Closes in on Four Months of Uprising with No End in Sight.

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 10th, 2011

Ambassador Ford Goes to Hama

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 8th, 2011

News Round Up (7 July 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 7th, 2011

News Round Up (5 July 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 5th, 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

“The squeeze on Assad,” by the Economist

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Stalemate Prevails as Gov and Opposition Look for New Strategies; Pressure on the SYP

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

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

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 27th, 2011

Syria’s Opposition Faces an Uncertain Future

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 26th, 2011

What is new on the Economy (24 June 2011): Oil Sanctions

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 24th, 2011

“The Alawi Dilemma – Revisited,” By Khudr

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Jisr al-Shaghour – the Government Story as told by a Foreign Member of the Organized Press Visit

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

“Where is the Truth in Conflicting Reports? Not in the Middle but at the Extremes,” by a Foreigner in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 20th, 2011

President Assad: Speech #3, (Monday 20 June 2011) “We Control Events, rathern than Events Control Us”

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 20th, 2011

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

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 20th, 2011

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

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 19th, 2011

“What do Sunnis intend for Alawis following regime change?” by Khudr

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Rami Makhlouf: Is He Being Sacrificed? Is the Syrian Economy the Achilles Heel of the Assad Regime? WINEP Pushes for Sanctions on Syrian Oil

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Damascenes Rally for the Government Even as Economy Enters Crisis Mode and Touble in the North Expands

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 16th, 2011

“Deeply Sectarian,” Joshua Landis on the Economist online

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

What happened at Jisr al-Shagour?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 13th, 2011

Idlib and Aleppo

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 10th, 2011

News Round Up (9 June 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 10th, 2011

Syria Reports 120 Military Killed in Jisr al-Shagour, Promises Decisive Response. More Economic Woes

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 6th, 2011

The Final Declaration of the Antalya Opposition Conference

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 4th, 2011

‘Friday of the Children of Freedom’ – the Uprising Moves to Hama, Many Killed, Internet Cut

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 3rd, 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

Did Four Alawi Clans Dissociate themselves from the Assads, as the Opposition Claims? Not likely.

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

News Round Up (1 June 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

“Syria in Fragments: Divided Minds, Divided Lives,” by an American in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 29th, 2011

Syria’s Economic Challanges: How Long Can the Government Pay the Growing Costs of the Uprising?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 27th, 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

Five Books on Syria – Recommended by Nikolas van Dam

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

News Round Up (22 May 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

The Syrian Revolution Lives

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 21st, 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

News Round Up (15 May 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 15th, 2011

What Will a Post Assad Syria Look Like?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Imad Moustapha: “Rami Makhlouf does not speak on behalf of the Syrian authorities.”

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

US closer to declaring Assad’s rule in Syria illegitimate

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

“Makhlouf Says Syria Will Fight Protests Till ‘the End'” by Anthony Shadid

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 10th, 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

“It seems they got better in tracking satellite mobiles”

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 8th, 2011

Landis and Seale on Prosepects for a Government Comeback

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 7th, 2011

Day 53 of the Syrian Uprising; over Six Killed; Fewer Demonstrators; Clinton Says Reform Still Possible

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 6th, 2011

Preparing for Friday Demonstrations (5 May 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 5th, 2011

News Round Up (5 May 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 5th, 2011

“Nobody Is Free In The World” – Report From Damascus by Gergő Plankó & Bence Gáspár Tamás

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

The Man behind “Syria Revolution 2011” Facebook-Page Speaks Out

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 24th, 2011

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