Levant

From Damascus to Baghdad, from Amman to Jerusalem, a region rich in history – and in conflict

 Michael J. Totten

Assad: Now We Know Exactly Who We’re Dealing With

Assad: Now We Know Exactly Who We’re Dealing With

MICHAEL TOTTEN: There have, according to Bashar Assad, been some ‘mistakes’. The only real mistake by Western powers however is to believe what the President tells them.

 Ramzy Baroud

Unified: Now Palestinian Leadership Needs to Raise its Game

Unified: Now Palestinian Leadership Needs to Raise its Game

RAMZY BAROUD: The newly unified Palestinian leadership faces a very rough few months in the lead-up to the key United Nations vote in September.

 Hisham Wyne

Obama Speech: Historical, Rather Than Hopeful

Obama Speech: Historical, Rather Than Hopeful

HISHAM WYNE: President Obama delivered a fluent summing up of recent developments. For those closer to the action, however, there was little new or substantive.

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