Syrian chemical attack spurs finger-pointing inside Assad regime
Antakya, Turkey // United Nations weapons inspectors will today examine the site of a chemical weapons attack in Damascus that killed hundreds, as the first signs of finger-pointing inside the Assad...
View ArticleAl-Assad No Longer an Acceptable Negotiator
Hassan Haidar Thursday 29 August 2013 The size and targets of the imminent Western military strike against the Syrian regime forces are linked to the main political message it will address, i.e. that...
View ArticleFree Syrian Army sets terms for Geneva peace talks
BEIRUT – The mainstream rebel Free Syrian Army has laid out the conditions for its participation in Geneva peace talks, including the demand that a transitional authority be given full powers. The...
View ArticleYarmouk Camp “with the Syrian People against the Regime.”
January 3, 2014 People in Yarmouk camp, Damascus, express their hatred for Assad, Khamenei, Nasrallah, and Mahmoud Abbas who is ignoring their plight. “Where are the women they took at the...
View ArticleOne Day, it Will be an Alawite Who Finally Kills Assad
by Aboud Dandachi In the runup to the Geneva 2 peace talks, there was widespread speculation that the opposition team at the negotiations lacked the leverage and influence among rebel brigades on the...
View ArticleRape and ransoms: Hilal al-Assad’s ‘thug’ legacy
Some accuse the regime of orchestrating the death of Assad’s cousin, Hilal al-Assad (L), to diffuse the Alawite sect’s growing resentment. (Photos courtesy: Facebook and Reuters) Tuesday, 25 March...
View ArticleSyria : Suspects into Collaborators
Peter Neumann argues that Assad has himself to blame You are invited to read this free essay from the London Review of Books. Register for free and enjoy 24 hours of access to the entire LRB archive...
View ArticleOn the Myth that is “Assad is here to stay”
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014 Jim Muir recently wrote that “Bashar al Assad and his leadership are there to stay” and explained why. Hassan Nasrallah also declared triumphantly that the danger facing...
View ArticleSomebody Interviewed Assad. Chill out.
Many people I know were quick to jump on Jonathan Tepperman’s throat because he interviewed Assad. The interview itself was remarked upon widely for the insane comments that Assad made, completely...
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