The War of Gog and Demagogue
Here is a scenario: A devout Evangelical Christian is elected president of the United States.…
Monthly Archives: October, 2010
Christians together, the small flock and hope in the Middle East
A masterful commentary of the Instrumentum Laboris made public by Benedict XVI in Cyprus. The…
Saif al-Adel Back in Waziristan
By Yassin Musharbash Former al-Qaida military chief Saif al-Adel spent the last nine years under…
Web Tastes Freedom Inside Syria, and It’s Bitter
DAMASCUS, Syria — Earlier this month, a graphic video of teachers beating their young students…
Bandar is Back
ForeignPolicy.com For a generation, Prince Bandar bin Sultan was Riyadh’s man in Washington. As the…
12th Semi Annual Report of UN Sec. Gen. on Implementation of Resolution 1559
Twelfth Semi-Annual Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Implementation of Security…
Iran’s Influence in Iraq: Game, Set, but Not Match to Tehran
The Guardian, October 18, 2010 “Today, Iraq is to Iran as Lebanon was to Syria,”…
Reza Khatami to Nasrallah: End silence on regime oppression
GVF — In a letter to the head of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the…
Iranian Activists to Hariri: Uniting with Ahmadinejad is not in Lebanon’s Interest
Hossein Mohammadi Following Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s trip to Lebanon, a group of Iranian émigré journalists and…
INTERVIEW: MEHDI KARROUBI ON IRAN’S GREEN MOVEMENT
Posted by Laura Secor When I started visiting Iran, in 2004, Mehdi Karroubi was widely…
Ahmadinejad demands Lebanese government change, launches initiative on STL indictment
Beirut- Shaffaf Sources in Baabda Palace revealed that tension prevailed in the meeting between President…
China: Open letter from Party elders calls for free speech
On October 11, 23 Chinese Communist Party elders known for their pro-reform positions, including Mao…
Open Letter to President Ahmadi Nejad
Mr. President, You come as a guest to our country at our President’s invitation. We…
Entrenching revision
The death of Major General Ahmed Raafat — the central figure in the drive to…
Ahmadinezhad’s Lebanon Visit and the Fate of the Hariri Tribunal
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinezhad’s trip to Beirut this week will likely produce a flurry of…
An arresting development
Last week an amusing rumor circulated in Beirut. It went like this: The former head…
How Lebanon Was Lost (Foreign Policy)
A former U.S. ally under Bush’s Freedom Agenda, the country is now being neglected in…
Failed bet on Damascus: Saoud al-Faisal holds again the reigns of foreign policy
Riyadh- Shaffaf Information from Riyadh indicate that KSA is in the process of re-evaluating its…
Lebanon heats up, and Mehlis hits back
Posted By David Kenner All eyes in the Middle East are on Iran, but it…
Shadow War: Hunting Iranian Arms Brokers (The Philadelphia Enquirer)
By John Shiffman / Inquirer Staff Writer From Yardley, U.S. agents crafted an intricate, high-stakes…
Apocalypse now? Maybe not
Hezbollah has been spreading word that it may soon implement an apocalyptic scenario to prevent…
Official: Syria accuses teenage blogger of spying
By The Associated Press Syria accuses a 19-year-old detained blogger of being a spy, a…
Washington Institute Silver Prize to Michael Young
(WASHINGTON) — From Empathy to Denial: Arab Responses to the Holocaust, Meir Litvak and Esther…
Stratfor report on Syrian Security, Intelligence Leaders (Corrected)
The Syrian President Reshuffles Security, Intelligence Leaders September 28, 2010 | 2117 GMT STRATFOR received…
Maliki pledges to Teheran violate Iraq sovereignty, sources claim
Bagdad sources claim Ayatollah Kazem Haeri’s recent “fatwa” exhorting Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to vote…