Can Biden afford to ignore the Syrian crisis?
Feb 16,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF President Joe Biden and his top foreign policy team are yet to unveil a policy on the decade-old Syrian crisis, if […]
Donald Trump’s attempt to rehabilitate Bashar al-Assad is a losing battle
It must be the US president who sent the Sudanese leader to Damascus. When will the West understand that sharing a bed with a monster will give you nightmares? Ahmed […]
Syria’s new housing law is a veiled attempt to displace tens of thousands of refugees – but even that won’t help the regime win the war
There are painful parallels here to the plight of the 1947-48 Palestinians refugees and their families, who are deprived of their homes under Israel’s 1950 Absentee Property law Robert Fisk […]
When pushing for war, belief is all that matters
The dailyReport By Andrew Brennan April 25, 2018 10:48 PM (UTC+8) When will it stop? The Trump administration was “confident” that “animal Assad” was responsible for the alleged attack […]
Syria war enters complicated, confusing phase
Apr 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The war in Syria has entered a new, complicated and confusing phase. Having gradually won back territory seized by insurgents of different […]
Destroying Syria, Why does Washington hate Bashar al-Assad?
Posted on January 23, 2018 by michaellee2009 Philip Giraldi • The Donald Trump administration is planning to install a 30,000 strong armed “security force” in northern Syria along the […]
We have to accept that Assad will win in Syria – and the West should be ashamed of how we drew the conflict out
Source: The Independent By Mary Dejevsky There will be claims, in the aftermath, that the anti-Assad opposition was betrayed by its Western backers, and accusations of ‘appeasement’ – but the […]
Archaeologists in Switzerland prepare for post-war Syria
CULTURAL HERITAGE By Thomas Stephens OCT 26, 2016 – 11:00 This undated photo released on August 25, 2015, on a social media site used by Islamic State militants shows the destruction of the 2,000-year-old Syrian Temple of Baalshamin. The Arabic at bottom reads: “The moment of detonation of the pagan […]
Assad: ‘I’m not attacking people, I’m defending them’
SWISS TV INTERVIEW OCT 20, 2016 – 11:38 Assad has said that taking the city of Aleppo from rebel forces would act as a springboard to ‘push terrorists back to Turkey’ (AFP) Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad told Swiss public television, SRF, that fighting ‘terrorists’ in Aleppo was the only […]
The Mess in Syria by Robert F. Kennedy , Jr. & response by Stephen Zunes
August 30, 2016 Ediotr’s Note; We found this analysis of why Western powers got involved in the Syrian war in EcoWatch. We then asked Tikkun contributing editor Stephen Zunes for his response. Both are printed below. One thing stands out for us: though Obama assured me when he met with me […]
How the life of Hezbollah’s Mustafa Badreddine tells the political history of the Middle East
After Badreddine’s killing, we may never know if the 2005 death of Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri marked the start of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to destroy Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian regime Robert Fisk @indyvoices For almost five years, UN investigators wanted to find Mustafa Badreddine. And now, at last, […]
They may be fighting for Syria, not Assad. They may also be winning: Robert Fisk reports from inside Syria
Death stalks the Syrian regime just as it does the rebels. But on the front line of the war, the regime’s army is in no mood to surrender – and claims it doesn’t need chemical weapons Clouds hang oppressively low over the Syrian army’s front-line mountain-top in the far north […]
Syria doomed to “hell” without political deal – envoy
By Alissa de Carbonnel and Peter Graff MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The international mediator touting a peace plan for Syria warned on Saturday of “hell” if the warring sides shun talks, and Moscow blamed the foes of President Bashar al-Assad for refusing to negotiate. U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said in […]
US, Saudis and Russia Vie for Influence in Post-Assad Syria
Source: The RealNewsCom Interview with Hamid Dabashi: Russian position more reasoned but share US interest in maintaining Syrian military dictatorship without Assad DABASHI: My sense is that the continued carnage is going apace. Who exactly is killing whom is a subject of debate. Obviously, governmental forces are severely crashing [sic], […]