Syria`s Chic First Lady: The Desert Rose Has No Thorns To Stop Her Killer Husband Assad
ASMA al-ASSAD Country full of Shadow Zones
Syria: Cutthroat “Mukhabarat” of Middle East
Analysts say a popular president, dreaded security forces and religious diversity make a Syrian revolution unlikely. A key factor for stability within Syria is the popularity of President Bashar al-Assad Despite a wave of protests spreading across the Middle East, so far the revolutionary spirit has failed to reach Syria. Authoritarian rule, corruption and economic hardship are characteristics…
The Nightmare for Israelis: The Muslim Brotherhood
A Palestinian protester sets ablaze a U.S. flag in the West Bank city of Ramallah, in support of the anti-Mubarak protests in Egypt — While there was rejoicing in Cairo, concern was palpable in Israel over Hosni Mubarak’s stunning ouster from the presidency by pro-democracy demonstrators on Friday. Israelis worry that transition in their southern…
Every Lebanese is thinking Apocalypse Now.
Lebanese wave their national flag as they attend a rally marking the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri in downtown Beirut on February 14, 2010
Palistine & Israel: These are the stubborn facts
Some of Israel’s worst critics are fond of saying that Israel behaves like America’s spoiled child. I’ve always found that analogy excessive. Say what you want about Israel’s obstinacy at times, it remains the only country in the United Nations that another U.N. member, Iran, has openly expressed the hope that it be wiped off…
Syria backs Maliki for another term
Syria was furious with Maliki for what happened in the summer of 2009.
OBAMA: THE GRAND ILLUSION
Will President Obama go down in history for having set a new course on foreign policy, or for having shown unexpected continuity with his predecessor? As one of his first acts after taking office, President Barack Obama signed an executive order to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay within one year. “This is me,”…
No war likely on Lebanon-Israel border – for now
No war likely on Lebanon-Israel border – for now Photo released by Hizbollah’s press office on Thursday shows the Shiite Party Secretary General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah (3rd right) meeting in Beirut with Ali Akbar Velayati, adviser for international issues to Iran’s Supreme Religious Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (AFP photo) By Rana Moussaoui Agence France-Presse…