Syria’s new minister of interior, nicknamed the “mad dog of Tripoli”
Metransparent- Exclusive The clue came from a Syrian source who had been close to Syria’s…
Monthly Archives: April, 2011
At advice of Iran’s IRGC: Syria’s Maher Assad acquired 1000 sniper guns for use against protestors
Metransparent Exclusive: Sources in Syria revealed to Metransparent that South African authorities had, recently, vetoed…
Iran’s Continuing Power Struggles: Moslehi Is Out, Then Back In
The power struggle between Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinezhad continues. Signs…
Outraged in Riyadh
U.S.-Saudi relations are in crisis. King Abdullah thinks the Obama administration’s love of universal freedoms…
Influence Curtailed: Democracy in the Arab World Stands to Strip Iran of Its Power
Iranian leaders have tried to portray the Arab uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt within their…
Prominent During Revolution, Egyptian Women Vanish in New Order
By Anna Louie Sussman Sidelined within weeks of helping lead the revolution, women face new…
Syria protests sweep into capital, defying Assad
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) – Protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad swept into…
Syria Teeters on the Edge
Policy Alert, April 14, 2011 After three weeks and more than 200 deaths, the uprisings…
Prisoner of Damascus By YASSIN AL-HAJ SALEH
Damascus, Syria IN all my 50 years, I have never held a passport. Other than…
Syria protests escalate as thousands of women block major road
Associated Press guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 13 April 2011 Hundreds of women and children were blocking a…
Step Assad
New Republic Online, April 9, 2011 During the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Syria’s Assad regime…
THE NEW SILK ROAD: China’s Energy Strategy in the Greater Middle East
Christina Lin POLICY FOCUS #109 | April 2011 China has arrived in the Greater Middle…
Time for Islamic Republic’s Ally: Government Media Silent on Syria Protests
Arash Bahmani When protests erupted and evolved on the streets of Middle East countries, starting…
Iran-Saudi nexus – the two make strange bedfellows
On “It’s 1989, but we are the Russians” by FT’s Gideon Rachman For the western…
Will the Syrians feel they were fooled?
Among the more idiosyncratic innovations of dictatorships is the mass demonstration in favor of the…
وصمة على جبين طاغية
لعلّ خير ما أبتدئ به كلامي هذا هو اقتباس هذه الجمل من قصيدة ”رقيمة على…
Winds of Change in the Middle East: A View from Israel
Featuring Maj. Gen. (IDF, Ret.) Amos Yadlin 2011 Schiff Memorial Lecture Weeks of revolution and…
In South Syria: video shows army soldiers fraternizing with protestors
The following video, received a few minutes ago, show Syrian soldiers fraternizing with protestors in…