Archive for the 'Weapons' Category

“No Justice for Khan Sheikhoun,” by Aron Lund

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

How to Understand Those 60 Trainees

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

The Yazidis Are Not Getting Support

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

Did the Killing of Abu Bassir Lead to the First Lattakia Offensive?

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, April 27th, 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

“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

Should the Use of Chemical Weapons Prompt a US Attack in Syria?

Posted by Matthew Barber on Monday, August 26th, 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

“Let ‘Lawfare’ Shape the Conflict, Not the Flow of Arms” – By David Falt

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, June 8th, 2013

The Raqqa Story: Rebel Structure, Planning, and Possible War Crimes

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, April 4th, 2013

Sorting out David Ignatius

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

Dera’a is Falling

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, March 29th, 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

The Free Syrian Army Doesn’t Exist

Posted by Aron Lund on Saturday, March 16th, 2013

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

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

10 Anti-tank Missiles Supplied to Military Council for Aleppo Fight

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 16th, 2013

Swedes, jihadis & anti-air missiles in northern Syria

Posted by Aron Lund on Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

“Three Scenarios for Syria’s Future,” by Joshua Landis w. Lara Setrakian

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

“Chemical Weapons in Syria: Fact, Fiction, and Fib,” by Aron Lund

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 8th, 2012

Sanctions Stop Food Getting to Syria but Not Arms

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 26th, 2012

News Round Up (27 February 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 27th, 2011

Syria Gets Better Russian Missiles

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 19th, 2010

News Round Up (29 August 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

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

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

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

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 10th, 2010

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

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 14th, 2010

Is a Hizbullah – Israel War Likely?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 29th, 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

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

Reactions to the Assad-Ahmadinejad Summit

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 28th, 2010

The Case for Syria

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

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

The Association Agreement; Authoritarianism; and Arab winds of change

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 23rd, 2009

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

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 5th, 2009

Iran, Mitchell, Lebanon and Iraq

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 15th, 2009

Stocks Prices are Up – Peace is Down

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 3rd, 2009

News Round Up (April 1, 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Arms, Nukes, Bolton, Birds, and Wine

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Iranian Defector Reportedly Tipped Off U.S. on Syria Nuke Plant

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Nasrallah’s Rhetoric Directed East or West?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 15th, 2009

“Middle East Peace and the U.S.-Saudi Relationship:,” by Lippmann

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

New Round Up (Feb. 18 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

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

Posted by Alex on Monday, February 2nd, 2009

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

Posted by Alex on Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Bush Pardons Man who helped Bombing of Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 29th, 2008

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

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 13th, 2008

IMF Report on Syria: Non- oil exports increased 23.5 percent

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Nukes, Obama Policy Advice, the New Team

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

The Nuclear Mess – Where Does it Leave Syria?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 20th, 2008

“Murder in Abou Kamal,” by Imad Moustapha

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 14th, 2008

Syria blames Israeli bombs for uranium traces

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

IAEA Irked at “Premature” Syria Nuclear Disclosures

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

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

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Rumsfeld’s secret raids on Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 10th, 2008

Syrian Officials Deny Syrian Complicity in Raid

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

Imad Moustapha on Raid: Newsweek & FP

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Comments from Jihad Makdissi

Posted by Alex on Friday, October 31st, 2008

“Twilight Struggle” by Eli Lake

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Raid Coverage by Wash Post, Moubayed, LATimes, NYTimes,

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

More on the Raid

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 27th, 2008

Syria accuses U.S. in deadly helicopter attack

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 26th, 2008

News Round Up (19 Oct. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 19th, 2008

News Round Up (8 Oct. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

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

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Syria explosion: Car bomb kills 17 in Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 27th, 2008

New Cold War or Merely Jockeying for Position? What Does Syria Want?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Syria’s Response to the Russian-Georgian Conflict

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

News Round Up (18 Aug. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, August 18th, 2008

News Round Up (27 July 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 28th, 2008

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

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Syria Pegs Hopes on India and Econ. Liberalization

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

News (4 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Nukes, Golan, Lebanon and the Shifting Balance (3 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

News Round Up (2 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 2nd, 2008

German Paper Speculates About Syrian Nuclear Facilities

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Observations of a German journalist in Beirut

Posted by Alex on Sunday, May 18th, 2008

News Round Up (1 May 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 2nd, 2008

News Round Up (28 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

News Round Up (27 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 27th, 2008

“Syria had committed no crime, and Israel had no legal justification to carry out its attack” Scott Ritter

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Syria’s Reactor

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 25th, 2008

Nukes or Peace?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

News Round Up (22 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

“The March to War: Israel Prepares…” by Nazemroaya

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Hizbullah and Syria Threaten Revenge in Kind

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 15th, 2008

Mughnieh: Liberator of Lebanon or Opportunistic Terrorist ?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Imad Mughniyeh, Hezbollah Commander, Assassinated in Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

It’s Not About Nukes: Stopping Missile Tranfer from N. Korea to Syria

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 8th, 2008

“Sy Hersh: Syrian Facility Bombed by Israel not Nuclear”

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

News Roundup (23 January 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

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

Posted by Alex on Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Sarkozy: “Your last opportunity is Saturday.” Assad: “I Said No to Nukes.”

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

IAEA: “No Credible Evidence” of Nuke Activity in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Jackson Diehl goes over the deep end on Syria bombing

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 5th, 2007

News Round Up (3 Nov. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

US Planes Participated in Syrian Bombing Raid, according to al-Jazeera

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 1st, 2007

“A New Intelligence Failure?,” by Hosenball, Newsweek

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

More uncertainty about Syrian “Nuke” plant

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 29th, 2007

Ray Close on the Israeli Sept. 6 Air Raid on Syria

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Old Pictures of Syrian Nuke Site Suggest “Refried Beans”

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, October 27th, 2007

“Satellite Photos Show Cleansing of Syrian Site,” by Broad and Mazzetti

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 26th, 2007

Moustapha: We know “the Gates of Hell” would open beneath us if we planned a nuke

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 24th, 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

The NSC versus Rice and the Syria Strike

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Ray Close on the Mysterious Israeli Air Attack on Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 15th, 2007

Analysts Say Israel Bombed Legal Nuclear Project Inside Syria

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 14th, 2007

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

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

“Ticking Clocks and ‘Accidental’ War,” BY Alastair Crooke

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 8th, 2007

News Round Up (6 Sept 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Strike on Syria or Iran – Lebanon torn in the Middle

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, October 6th, 2007

Israel Hit Main Arms Depot Sept. 6, Killing Military Police

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 5th, 2007

“The Consistancy of Error,” by Amir Oren

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Assad Speaks On Israeli Strike and Peace Conference

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 1st, 2007

The Economist on Syria

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 28th, 2007

News Round Up (27 Sept. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Bolton Defends Against Absence of Syrian Nuclear Evidence

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Articles Pushing Diplomacy with Syria and Questioning Raid

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 24th, 2007

News Round Up (21 Sept. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 21st, 2007

Doubts about Israeli Strike Increase

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 17th, 2007

Trish Schuh Reports From Deir al-Zur

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 17th, 2007

Israel’s Strike – Was it a Warning to Iran? For Lebanon?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 17th, 2007

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

Posted by Alex on Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Nuclear Allegations Seemingly Hot Air

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 15th, 2007

Baradei: “No Evidence of Khan Link to Syria” 2004

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 14th, 2007

“ISRAEL/SYRIA: Rumours of war reflect tensions” by Oxford Analytica

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 14th, 2007

News Round Up on Israeli Strike (13 Sept. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 13th, 2007

“N. Korea, Syria May Be at Work on Nuclear Facility” By Glenn Kessler

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Nuclear? Chemical? Missiles? What Was Hit?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 12th, 2007