Added on 20/10/2011
Syria News Wire
Damascus , Deir Mar Musa , Internet connection , London , Ministry of Tourism , Syria , Umayyed Mosque , United Kingdom
NEWS FROM SYRIA: It’s been a depressing time in Syria recently, but a newly released movie set in Damascus certainly lifted my gloom, if only for a few hours.
Added on 16/10/2011
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Adel Al-Jubeir , Africa , Atlantic coast , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , East Africa , Egypt , Europe , Gilad Shalit , Hamas , Hizballah , Human Rights Watch , Iran , Iraq , Islamist government , Israel , Libya , Mahmoud Abbas , Manama , Massachusetts , Mexico , Middle East , North Africa , Obama administration , Oil , Palestine Authority , Palestinian Territories , President , Quds Force , Salesman , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Texas , Tunisia , Turkey , United States , US government , Washington , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: The people power movement has the most to lose and could find itself in the grinder as the United States, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Iran jockey for power.
Added on 05/10/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Bush Administration , Damascus , David Wurmser , Department of State , George W. Bush , Golan Heights , Hama , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , Middle East , Palestinian Territories , President , Richard Perle , Robert Ford , Satellite TV , Security Council , Syria , The Washington Post , U.S. Congress , United Nations , United States , US government , Washington
RAMZY BAROUD: The American ambassador to Syria has established an ‘up and at ’em’ reputation. But what is the bigger picture for the United States in Syria at the moment?
Added on 03/10/2011
Syria News Wire
Anthony Shadid , Beirut , Homs , Iraq , Lebanon , Syria , The New York Times
NEWS FROM SYRIA: There have been a series of assassinations in Syria over the past week which have borne comparison with the sectarian vendettas that still beset neighbouring Iraq.
Added on 20/09/2011
Lucy Emmerson
Arab League , Army , Barack Obama , Bashar al-Assad , Ba’ath Party , China , Egypt , European Union , France , Gulf Co-operation Council , Iran , Lebanon , Libya , Maher al-Assad , Oil , President , Republicans , Russia , Syria , Syrian government , Turkey , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , William Hague
LUCY EMMERSON: There are still more who believe that a regime which has killed in excess of 2,200 peaceful protesters in the past 6 months cannot stand
Added on 08/09/2011
Chris Keeler
Amr Moussa , Arab League , Assad , Benghazi , Democracy , Hizballah , Iran , Iraq , Lebanon , Libya , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Secretary of State , Syria , Tehran , Turkey , United Nations
CHRIS KEELER: Non-violent protest appears to be nearing its end in Syria and there are signs that groups are organising an armed resistance against the regime.
Added on 30/08/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Artist , Cartoonist , Censorship , Damascus , Literature , Naji al-’Ali , Samar Yazbek , Syria
M. LYNX QUALEY: Whether it’s novelists, songwriters or cartoonists artists of all shades and description are subject to vicious and sustained attack
Added on 30/08/2011
The Ajnabi
Assad , Damascus , Eid Al- Fitr , Protests , Ramadan , Syria , tremors
THE AJNABI: With the sustained and brutal crackdown on opposition protests continuing, Syrian activists have had to adopt new tactics.
Added on 25/08/2011
James M. Dorsey
Africa , Ahmet Davutoglu , Arab League , Atlantic coast , Bashar al-Assad , Brazil , China , Colonel , East Africa , Electricity , India , Iraq , James M. Dorsey , Libya , Middle East , Moammar Qaddafi , Nanyang Technological University , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Oil production , President , Russia , S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies , Saddam Hussein , Security Council , South Africa , Syria , Tripoli , Turkey , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States
JAMES M. DORSEY: China and Russia could quietly establish relations with Syrian protesters if and when Mr. Assad is forced to relinquish power.
Added on 16/08/2011
cupofcardamom
Assad , Damascus , Formula 1 , Ramadan
CUPOFCARDAMOM: Buses are a common, unremarkable sight in virtually every city in the world but in Damascus recently they’ve become a signal of fear and impending violence.
Added on 09/08/2011
James M. Dorsey
Abdullah , Ahmet Davutoglu , Arab League , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Christoph Wilcke , Crown Prince , Damascus , East Africa , Facebook , Gulf Cooperation Council , Human Rights Watch , Iran , James M. Dorsey , Jordan , Journalist , Lebanon , Middle East , Morocco , Nanyang Technological University , Nanyang Technological University's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies , North Africa , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , The Wall Street Journal , Turkey , Turkish military , UN Security Council
JAMES M. DORSEY: Irrespective of his motives, King Abdullah has made a major contribution to the ending of the bloodletting in Syria.
Added on 05/08/2011
The Ajnabi
Assad , BBC , Damascus , Protests , Ramadan , Syria , Tahrir Square , Twitter
THE AJNABI: It’s a cry that’s familiar from viewing images of Tahrir Square, Yemen and Hama but it’s the first time I’ve heard it in a wealthy, Damascus suburb.
Added on 05/08/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Army , Benjamin Netanyahu , CNN , Damascus , David Wurmser , France , Golan Heights , Hafez Al Assad , Hama , Hizballah , Iraq , Israel , Israeli army , Israeli government , Lebanon , Libya , President , Richard Perle , Sudan , Syria , Syrian army , Syrian Golan Heights , United States
RAMZY BAROUD: There is no simple linear reading of the events that have overwhelmed Syria in recent months. The country is deeply embroiled in so many vital, strategic regional issues.
Added on 30/07/2011
The Ajnabi
Assad , Damascus , Protests , Ramadan , Syria
THE AJNABI: When I say encouraged, I mean it in the mukhabarat’s sense of the word. School children and government employees were bussed in…
Added on 25/07/2011
The Ajnabi
Damascus , east coast , Europe , Harley Davidson , North America , Syria , United States
THE AJNABI: Dress codes are relaxed, rents are up and ‘the livin’ is easy’. It’s Summer-time in Damascus and despite the ongoing unrest expats are back.
Added on 11/07/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Actor , Bashar al-Assad , Egypt , Europe , India , Iran , Jordan , Lebanon , Morocco , Pakistan , Palestinian Territories , President , Satellite channels , Satellite TV , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Syria , Syrian government , The Maghreb , Turkey
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Syrian soap operas have eclipsed Egyptian productions in popularity across the Arab world.
Added on 09/07/2011
James M. Dorsey
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Assad , Colonel , East Africa , Egypt , guard , Gulf Cooperation Council , Iran , Libya , Middle East , Muammar Qaddafi , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Saudi Arabia , Syria , The US ambassador , Tunisia , United Nations , United States , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: Western and Arab nations have more to gain from real engagement with Mr. Assad’s opponents than from symbolic gestures and silence.
Added on 29/06/2011
Syria News Wire
Aref Dalila , Satellite TV , Syria
NEWS FROM SYRIA: Foreign journalists allowed in? Recognition that there is, actually, an opposition? Great, but old habits die hard in Damascus.
Added on 28/06/2011
Juan Cole
Aleppo , Arab League , Bashar al-Assad , Ben Ali , Damascus , Egypt , Facebook , Fatah , Gaza , Hamas , Hizballah , Israel , Khaled Meshaal , Lebanon , Libya , Mubarak , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Qatar , Syria , Syrian government , Tunisia , Turkey
PAUL NOTAR, INFORMED COMMENT: He’s always been a skilful player of ‘the Palestinian Card’ but as the region changes his hold on that particular narrative is no longer exclusive.
Added on 21/06/2011
Syria News Wire
Bashar al-Assad , Ba’ath Party , President , Syria
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’.