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Two Months of Silence and Now This?

Two Months of Silence and Now This?

NEWS FROM SYRIA: Out with the jokes, out with the arrogant posture. In with nervousness, in with technical detail. It’s the ‘same old, same old’ – in a word ‘denial’.

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People Strike Back: Syrian Activists Take Up Arms

People Strike Back: Syrian Activists Take Up Arms

NEWS FROM SYRIA: Syrian forces are facing armed resistance for the first time. Will this provide the government with an opportunity to ‘divide and conquer’?

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A Glimpse Behind Syria’s Curtain of Secrecy

A Glimpse Behind Syria’s Curtain of Secrecy

SYRIA NEWS WIRE: There is real fear of the regime but also a great fear about a possible descent into sectarian chaos without it.

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Reaction to ‘The King’s Speech’: ‘Disappointment’

Reaction to ‘The King’s Speech’: ‘Disappointment’

NEWS FROM SYRIA: Expectation was high in advance of the speech delivered by President Assad yesterday. By the time he had finished speaking I was left with a sense of confusion, anger, depression but most of all disappointment.

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Citizen Journalists Provide Main Reporting on Syria

Citizen Journalists Provide Main Reporting on Syria

SYRIA NEWS WIRE: With well-respected wire journalists expelled by the authorities in Damascus the only on-the-ground reports that are emerging are via mobile phones and YouTube. There’s much room for speculation and rumour.

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Heavy Handed Action Fans Flames in Syria

Heavy Handed Action Fans Flames in Syria

SYRIA NEWS WIRE: There is a great danger that in failing to recognise local grievances, Syrian authorities will set in motion a movement that takes its inspiration from Tunisia and Egypt.

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Reform Not Regime Change is What Syria Needs

Reform Not Regime Change is What Syria Needs

SYRIA NEWS WIRE: Much heat and little light has been generated by the protests in Syria but authorities shouldn’t be panicked by the reasonable demands.

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#iheartsyria: A New Hashtag That Has Hit A Nerve

#iheartsyria: A New Hashtag That Has Hit A Nerve

SYRIA NEWS WIRE: Tweeting positive stuff about Syria is a depressing business – I seem to hit a reflexive ‘kick me’. That’s why the success of this new hashtag came as a bit of a surprise…

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The Vogue-Assad Controversy: A View from Syria

The Vogue-Assad Controversy: A View from Syria

SYRIA NEWS WIRE: Vogue has responded to the controversy caused by its profile of Asma al-Assad. There’s hypocrisy in the charges being laid at her door.

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Bad Timing For Vogue’s Syrian First Lady Splash

Bad Timing For Vogue’s Syrian First Lady Splash

NEWS FROM SYRIA: As the region seethes Vogue magazine provides us all with a moment of diversion. It’s unlikely to do the Assads any favours.

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Ambassadors not a ‘reward’ for good deeds done

Ambassadors not a ‘reward’ for good deeds done

SYRIA NEWS WIRE: Richard Grenell has attacked President Obama for appointing an ambassador to Syria. The attack though is littered with factual inaccuracies.

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Is Hariri’s Brief Political Career Drawing to a Close?

Is Hariri’s Brief Political Career Drawing to a Close?

SYRIA NEWS WIRE: Following Hizbollah’s withdrawal from the unity government, what is next for Prime Minister Hariri?