{"id":14678,"date":"2012-05-21T09:18:22","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T13:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?p=14678"},"modified":"2012-05-21T09:52:29","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T13:52:29","slug":"the-snc-conversation-between-kodmani-labwani-landis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/the-snc-conversation-between-kodmani-labwani-landis\/","title":{"rendered":"The SNC – Conversation between Kodmani, Labwani, & Landis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joshua Landis, Bassma Kodmani (spokesperson for the Syrian National Council), and Kamal Labwani (opposition leader who recently broke away from the SNC) discuss the Syrian opposition on aljazeera English. May 20, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Afghan war dominates NATO summit<\/strong>: Obama announces that Assad must leave: NATO commander says that NATO will not intervene in Syria.<\/p>\n

Economy:<\/strong> Three articles from Cham Press about the struggling Syrian economy (in Arabic)<\/p>\n

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  1. Run up in prices on Chicken, eggs and sugar<\/a> because of transportation difficulties<\/li>\n
  2. Gold settles at 3075 Syrian Pounds a gram<\/a>: ??? ?? ???????? 35 ???? ??????????? ??????? 60 ??????? 40 ??????? 40 ?????? ?????? 25 ?????????? ?????? 50 ???????? 40 ????????? ??????? 55 ?????? 30-40 ?????? ?????? ?? 25 ??? ?????? ????? ??? ?? 10<\/li>\n
  3. Syria’s main glass factory will close<\/a> due to lack of fuel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Cooking gas was no where to be found in Aleppo this week.<\/strong> A friend writes, “My father offered to pay 2000 pounds yesterday, but no one could supply him with a new tank.”<\/p>\n

    The al-Nusra Front said it was behind the attack in Deir ez-Zur<\/a> on Saturday which targeted military installations.<\/p>\n

    “There was a limit to the ferocity of the dogs of the regime in Deir al-Zor at which they had to be punished, so the soldiers of the al-Nusra front undertook this mission,” read the statement on an Islamist web forum.<\/p>\n

    “The blessed operations will continue until the land of Syria is purified from the filth of the Nusayris (Alawites) and the Sunnis are relieved from their oppression.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    \u00a0Al-Assad must leave, Obama tells G-8 meet<\/a>
    \n2012-05-20,     Turkish Daily:<\/a><\/p>\n

    Al-Assad must leave, Obama tells G-8 meet CAMP DAVID REUTERS Photo G-8 leaders on May 19 called for a \u201cpolitical transition\u201d in Syria and for an end to violence after U.S. President Barack Obama told G-8 leaders meeting at Camp …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen<\/a> on Sunday maintained that the alliance has “no intention” of taking military action against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime, according to AFP.<\/p>\n

    Syria attacks kill 33, opposition says<\/a>
    \nBy the CNN Wire Staff, May 20, 2012<\/p>\n

    STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/p>\n