Added on 17/11/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Al Qaeda , Aleppo , Arab League , Army , Bashar al-Assad , Ba’ath Party , China , Damascus , Egypt , Energy , Europe , Hama , Hilary Clinton , Homs , Idlib , Libya , Libyan army , Media outlets , New York Times , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Russia , Secretary of State , Security Council , Sergei Lavrov , Syria , Syrian government , Syrian military , Syrian National Council , The Times , The Washington Post , Tunisia , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States
RAMZY BAROUD: The lines are thus drawn, between US-led Western camp and Russia and its own camp, which vehemently rejects a repeat of a Libyan scenario.
Added on 10/11/2011
James M. Dorsey
2014 World Cup , Arab League , Asian Football Confederation , Assad , Bashar al-Assad , Brazil , FIFA , Football , Homs , Lebanon , Mosab Balhous , national soccer goalkeeper , President , Soccer , Syria , Syrian military , Tajikistan , United Arab Emirates , YouTube
JAMES M. DORSEY: ‘Bread and circuses’ are what the Roman emperors offered the people. ‘Bullets and soccer’ are what the Syrian regime appear to be offering today.
Added on 09/05/2011
James M. Dorsey
Activist , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Bashar al-Assad , Beirut , Bin Laden , Censorship , Colonel , East Africa , Electricity , Facebook , Foreign media , Libya , Media , Media outlets , Mediterranean , Middle East , Moammar Qaddafi , North Africa , Osama Bin Laden , President , Syria , Syrian government , Syrian military , Tripoli , Twitter , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: Embattled regimes have failed in their effort to choke off independent reporting to ensure that their version of events dominates the news.
Added on 03/02/2011
Brit in Beirut
Egypt , Egypt Protests , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Middle East , Syria , Syrian military , Tunisia , Yemen
BRITINBEIRUT: The events in Egypt came as a surprise to many (not least, it appears, the U.S State Department), however in the Middle East conflict is never far from the surface.
