Added on 02/06/2012
Francis Matthew
Al Houla , Arab League , Army , Bashar al-Assad , Hafez Al Assad , Homs , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Syrian Muslim Brotherhood , Syrian National Council , United Nations , Vladimir Putin
FRANCIS MATTHEW: If the opposition wants to win over the army or security forces, it must distinguish between supporters of Al Assad’s regime, and Alawites in general.
Added on 31/05/2012
Ramzy Baroud
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi , Abdullah Saleh , Al Qaeda , Arabian Peninsula , Oxfam , Pentagon , President , Somalia , The Guardian , United Nations , United States , Washington , Yemen , Yemeni government
RAMZY BAROUD: The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is largely rooted in the fact that the country is an open field of competing interests…
Added on 29/05/2012
Richard Silverstein
Egypt , IDF , Iran , Israel , Israeli intelligence , Israeli police , Middle East , Mossad , Palestinian Territories , Russia , Security services , Shin Bet , United Nations , United States
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Zionism decrees Israel should be a “light unto nations.” Israel’s cyberwarriors are making the country a “flame” unto the nations.
Added on 27/05/2012
Tabsir
Afghanistan , America , Baghdad , Cairo , Egypt , Europe , France , International Monetary Fund , Iraq , Kabul , Libya , Middle East , Paris , Sana’a , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , Tunisia , United Nations , West Bank , Yemen , Yemeni military
DANIEL M. VARISCO: Whether it’s Syria or Yemen the bloodshed just seems to go on. It’s always been so.
Added on 25/05/2012
Francis Matthew
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Colin Powell , Eastern Europe , Europe , European Union , George W. Bush , Iraq , Italy , KGB , Libya , NATO , North America , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Paranoia , political solutions , Putin , Russia , Syria , Taliban , United Nations , United States , west Germany , Western Europe , White House , Yugoslavia
FRANCIS MATTHEW: It is sad young Arabs and Muslims see NATO as an expeditionary force striking at the convenience of the White House
Added on 16/05/2012
Mondoweiss
Congress , Gandhi , Israel , Michael Oren , Palestine Liberation Organization , Public Relations , The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , United Nations , United States , Yasser Arafat
PHILIP WEISS: ‘Why is our reputation so poor?’ asks Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. Where do we start?
Added on 15/05/2012
Tabsir
Amman , Army , Baghdad , Bahrain , Co-Editor , Europe , Georgetown , Harvard , Iraq , Journalism , Kuwait , Literature , Mahmoud Darwish , Massachusetts , Novelist , Paris , Poet , Rome , Saddam Hussein , Sinan Antoon , Syria , travel ban , United Nations , United States , Yemen
TABSIR: A celebrated novelist, poet and filmmaker Sinan Antoon reflects on life in Iraq before and after the fall of Saddam Hussein
Added on 09/05/2012
Syria News Wire
BBC , Electricity , Food and Drink , President , Red Crescent , Red Cross , Syria , Turkey , United Nations
NEWS FROM SYRIA: The Red Cross issued a rare political statement on Syria to highlight the critical situation facing citizens there.
Added on 16/04/2012
Mondoweiss
Baghdad , Benjamin Netanyahu , Catherine Ashton , China , Christian Science Monitor , CNN , European Union , France , Germany , Iran , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Istanbul , Nuclear energy , Nuclear programme , Obama administration , pence , Prime Minister , Russia , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States
ANNIE ROBBINS, MONDOWEISS: The meeting between the P5+1 countries to discuss Iran’s nuclear programme has gone surprisingly well.
Added on 01/04/2012
Common Ground News Service
Afghan government , Afghanistan , Civil society , European Union , Hillary Clinton , Kabul , Obama administration , Secretary of State , Taliban , United Nations , United States , United States Agency for International Development , Women , Women's issues , World Bank
DAVID CORTRIGHT, CGNEWS: We asked Afghan women how they believed their hard won rights could be secured.
Added on 29/03/2012
Juan Cole
Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab League , Baath government , Baghdad , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Egypt , Hama , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Kofi Annan , Libya , North Africa , Nouri al-Maliki , President , Prime Minister , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , United Nations , Yemen
JUAN COLE: There’ll be some missing faces at the upcoming meeting in Baghdad but regional divisions are sharpening.
Added on 28/03/2012
Susan Al Shahri
Oman , UN Court , United Nations , Women , Women's issues
SUSAN AL SHAHRI: The ‘To Do’ list as far as women’s rights in Oman is concerned is, unfortunately, long.
Added on 25/03/2012
Common Ground News Service
Ali Bin Al , Ali Bin Al Hussein , Cross Cultures Project Association , Football , International Federation of Association Football , Iran , Islam , Jordan , Lebanon , Olympics , President , Programme Coordinator , Rugby , Sepp Blatter , special adviser , United Nations , Women , Women's issues
JENS JUUL PETERSEN, CGNEWS: It took a high profile campaign but the recently announced repeal of the hijab ban is wonderful news.
Added on 18/03/2012
Eman-Al-Nafjan
Al Qaeda , Assad , Egypt , Iraq , Libya , Middle East , pharaoh , Security Council , Social Media , Syria , Tunisia , United Nations , Yemen
EMAN AL-NAFJAN: Syria seems to have captured the attention of the region’s religious leaders but still the international community just talks
Added on 03/03/2012
Common Ground News Service
Afghan government , Afghanistan , Barack Obama , Iraq , Lisa Schirch , pence , President , Taliban , United Nations , United States
LISA SCHIRCH, KARIM MERCHANT, CGNEWS: There seem to be an ongoing litany of serious mistakes by the U.S in Afghanistan
Added on 12/02/2012
David Roberts
Aleppo , Arab League , Army , Assad , Bashar al-Assad , China , Energy , Free Syrian Army , Golan Heights , Hafez Al Assad , Hama , Hizballah , Iran , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Mediterranean Sea , Oil , President , Qatar , Quds Force , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Syrian army , Tehran , Turkey , United Nations , United Nations Security Council
DAVID ROBERTS: Working out exactly what must be done is fiendishly difficult; anyone who says they have a solution is grossly underestimating the complexities.
Added on 10/02/2012
Common Ground News Service
Andrea Bocelli , Barcelona , Facebook , Hassan bin Talal , Hillary Rodham Clinton , Israel , Jordan , Journalist , Kuwait , Middle East , Palestine , Ramallah , Ruth Eglash , Saeb Erekat , Secretary of State , The Jerusalem Post , United Nations , United States
RUTH EGLASH, CGNEWS: An online movement formed by Palestinians and Israelis has garnered impressive support. But will it make any difference?
Added on 10/02/2012
Mondoweiss
Alternative Information Center , Association for Civil Rights in Israel , Civil Administration , Civil society , Haaretz , hysteria , Israel , Israeli army , Jerusalem , Journalist , Negev , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , Prime Minister , The Green Line , United Nations , West Bank
MONDOWEISS: The plan to expel tens of thousands of Bedouin from the Negev Desert is advanced. So why haven’t they risen up?
Added on 09/02/2012
Ramzy Baroud
ABC News , Ali Khamenei , Benjamin Netanyahu , Central Intelligence Agency , Ehud Barak , Gaza , Hamas , House of Commons , International Atomic Energy Agency , internationally-syndicated columnist and the editor , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Leon Panetta , London , Mainstream media , Moshe Yaalon , Nuclear , Nuclear technology , PalestineChronicle.com , Pentagon , Pluto Press , Prime Minister , Saddam Hussein , Tehran , the independent , The New York Times , Tony Blair , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , US government , War , www.ramzybaroud.net
RAMZY BAROUD: History repeats itself, when we fail to learn its lessons. Israel might want to take such chances, but why should the rest of the world?
Added on 07/02/2012
James M. Dorsey
Afghanistan , Africa , Al Qaeda , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab League , Atlantic coast , Beijing , Benghazi , Central Asia , China , Damascus , Djibouti , East Africa , Egypt , Europe , International Criminal Court , Libya , Middle East , Muammar Qaddafi , North Africa , Pakistan , President , Russia , Security Council , Sinai desert , Social Media , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , the Hague , United Nations , United Nations Security Council , United States , Yemen
JAMES M. DORSEY: China’s veto of the U.N’s resolution condemning Syria is a watershed moment for its involvement in the Middle East.
