Jumblatt lies to Syrians for 25 years
The following is a controversal summary of Iran’s PressTV interview with Lebanses leader Walid Jumblatt.…
Monthly Archives: December, 2007
Iran’s inner and outer circles of influence and power
The power of Shiite Muslim clergy has eroded in favor of various competing groups within…
A neocon Bush Middle East policy? Look again
Maybe 2008 will be the year when we are finally rid of that vacuous belief…
What’s the hurry?
The Annapolis summit and the efforts to revive the peace process have exacerbated the tension…
Syria’s impatience is leading to mistakes
A demoralizing aspect of much international political behavior, commentary, or policy counsel on Syria in…
The Next War with Hizbollah Strategic Assessment
By its nature, war is a formative event. Often when war begins, various processes come…
Der Spîegel: New Study Shows Islamist Minority
A new study commissioned by Germany’s Interior Ministry warns of a growing threat from the…
Lebanon’s pact: prelude to a postmortem
What is left of Lebanon’s confessional democratic system as the country pursues its cold civil…
‘Bush’s Foreign Policy Is in Free Fall’
Former US Diplomat John Bolton is no longer in office, but he still has a…
Syria: More Activists Arrested Following Opposition Meeting
Immediately before publishing this communiqué from HRW, friends in Damascus informed us of the arrest…
A rivalry transcending a nuclear Iran
It’s not often that one has the stomach to call on political realists – all…
Dissecting the ‘Party of God’
While the world obsesses this week over whether the ill-fated Annapolis conference will result in…
Challenged, Syria Extends Crackdown on Dissent
Syrian authorities this week arrested more than 30 people who had been working for political…
Qaddafi In Paris, Welcome mat for a dictator
New York: It was oddly delicious watching a has-been dictator bask in the undeserved tribute…
Syria prepares its grand comeback
To better understand the assassination of General Francois Hajj on Wednesday morning in Baabda, one…
President Bush Meets with Syrian Opposition
On December 4, President Bush met in the White House with a few pro-democracy members…
Ex-Pentagon Aide Says U.S. Abandoned Quick Iraq Transition
By Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 11, 2007; A03 A former…
Yemeni Parliament rescinds Hashid’s immunity
Saddam Al-Ashmouri For Yemen Times SANA’A, Dec. 8 — Last week, the Yemeni Parliament agreed…
Diving Deep, Unearthing a Surprise
By Peter Baker and Dafna Linzer They call them “deep dives,” special briefings for President…
September 11, 2001: The French Knew Much About It
The French daily “Le Monde” confirmed today the arrest of journalist Guillaume Dasquié in relation…
Syrian Family Torn Apart by Crackdown
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian writer Ali Abdullah has been jailed three times in the…
Details in Military Notes Led to Shift on Iran, U.S. Says
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 — American intelligence agencies reversed their view about the status of Iran’s…
The Price of Annapolis
Wednesday afternoon, Saad al-Hariri’s Mostaqbal party agreed to a constitutional amendment that would allow Lebanese…
CHANGES IN PAKISTAN, MORE TO COME
London: Just when November ended, Pakistan went through major developments of significant consequences with many…