Libya’s ex minister of interior killed by Islamists affiliated to al Qaida
MEtransparent Exclusive Credible Libyan oppositon sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told MEtransparent that…
Monthly Archives: July, 2011
Qassem Suleimani: the Iranian general ‘secretly running’ Iraq
Martin Chulov reports on the elusive Iranian with so much Iraqi influence that Baghdadis believe…
The Turkish Military Snaps
Today’s news of the mass resignation of Turkey’s Chief of Staff, General Isik Kosaner, and…
Syria Local committees condemn al-Zawahiri statement
A statement by Local Coordination Committees in Syria (LCC) Damascus 28-July-2011 Local Coordination Committees in…
General Abdel Fatah Younes killed today in Benghazi
MEtransparent Exclusive by Pierre Akel What is going on in Benghazi, the birthplace of the…
HEZBOLLAH: PARTY OF FRAUD
ForeignAffairs.com In June, Lebanon’s new prime minister, Najib Mikati, announced the formation of a government…
SENIOR HIZBALLAH OFFICIAL WANTED FOR MURDER
POLICYWATCH #1833 The recent indictment of senior Hizballah figure Mustafa Badreddine has the group on…
MPs are wrong to welcome the son of a hated Syrian
In London next Monday a young man from The Organisation for Democracy and Freedom in…
Obama’s great escape on Syria
The Obama administration has embraced evasion and self-delusion in dealing with the ongoing repression in…
Middle East Synod close to Arab spring
International public opinion is concerned that the young people’s revolt is sliding towards fundamentalism. Many…
The Asad Regime Crackdown on Syria’s Pro-Democracy Protestors
By Andrew J. Tabler Congressional Testimony July 12, 2011 On July 12, 2011, Andrew J.…
Don’t Be Spooked by Pakistan
BY MILT BEARDEN More than two months after the raid by U.S. Navy SEALS on…
Najib Mikati, our own dead man walking
Last Saturday, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s secretary general, did more to discredit Prime Minister Najib…
WHAT IF TURKEY INVADED SYRIA?
Hurriyet Daily News Turkish-Syrian ties are unraveling. After becoming Assad’s close ally, Ankara is now…
The future of the “Arab Spring” held back by poverty and fundamentalism
In Egypt and elsewhere, the new attempts at democracy risk failure because of the enormous…
Why Doesn’t the U.S. Do More to Back the Uprising in Syria?
Featuring Andrew J. Tabler An Interview by Lara Setrakian, ABC News As the Syrian government’s…
Syria’s Army Is Key to the Country’s Future
PolicyWatch #1829 By Michael Eisenstadt and Jeffrey White If current trends persist in Syria, the…
The Syrian People’s Slow-motion Revolution
Middle East/North Africa Report N°1086 Jul 2011 THE SYRIAN PEOPLE’S SLOW MOTION REVOLUTION Middle East/North…
Will Syria’s Revolt Disrupt the Turkish Borderlands?
by Hugh Eakin A group of Syrians newly arrived in Turkey on their way to…
A TURKISH BUFFER ZONE INSIDE SYRIA?
Hurriyet Daily News July 3, 2011 Growing unrest in Syria is increasingly spilling over the…
Assad Deserves a Swift Trip to The Hague
FINANCIAL TIMES, JUNE 28, 2011 It is time for the international community to take a…
WHY HEZBOLLAH HAD A REALLY BAD WEEK
Back in 2006, the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah was riding high. Having fought the Israeli…
Syria: US presses for opposition dialogue with Assad
Details emerge of a controversial ‘roadmap’ for reforms that would leave him in power despite…