Assad on the Offensive: A Combative Interview
President Assad has taken to the airwaves for the first time in months and is in no mood for compromise. MidEastPosts looks at his performance
GCC Summit Fails to Agree on Greater Integration
The GCC Summit has broken up in Riyadh with a failure to agree on limited moves towards greater security integration.MidEast Posts asks why?
The ‘Essential Collection’ on Syria’s Blighted Year
NEWS FROM SYRIA: It begins with the infamous Bashar interview and continues grimly as death and mayhem envelop the country
The Sensitive Issue of Alcohol in the Muslim World
THE HEDONISTA: The rules surrounding alcohol in the Muslim world are often as cloudy as the Lebanese liquor, arak.
Red Cross Issues Urgent Appeal On Syria
NEWS FROM SYRIA: The Red Cross issued a rare political statement on Syria to highlight the critical situation facing citizens there.
Satellite Revelations: Homs Unrecognizable
VIDEO, AL JAZEERA: Satellite images reveal a deserted city centre, destroyed areas and heavy deployment of tanks across the city.
Non-Violent Protest ‘The Way Forward’ for Syria
MICHAEL NAGLER, CGNEWS: There are, difficult as it may seem to imagine today, grounds for optimism that non-violence will work in Syria
The Rise and Rise of Turkey: Problems Ahead?
JAMES M. DORSEY: Held up as a model of a modern Islamic state Turkey faces some formidable difficulties
Sectarianism: Syria’s ‘Elephant in the Room’
NEWS FROM SYRIA: It’s time that Syrians properly addressed the issue of sectarianism instead of pushing it to one side.
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