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Ibrahim Hamidi gets the scoop again. He reports in al-Hayat that a high level envoy of Tony Blair — Nigel Sheinwald, Blair's chief foreign policy adviser — visited Damascus unannounced yesterday and met with President Asad and Syria's Foreign Minister. This is the first time in two years that such a high level British visit [...]
The following news item about corruption in Syria will stand next to Makhlouf's Syriatel scandal. Muhammad Hamsho is an old friend of Bashar's. He was, and may still be the Apple Macintosh agent in Syria, which is probably how he became Bashar's friend. They used to go jet skiing together on the Latakia coast during [...]
Jim Lobe once again has the best article summing up how "Bush Is Under Growing Pressure to Engage Syria" October 28, 2006. He maintains that the hawks centered in the National Security Council, particularly Elliot Abrams, and Vice President Dick Cheney's office, notably his national security adviser, John Hannah, and Middle East specialist, David Wurmser, [...]
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Here is the most recent installment of the Tel Aviv University Notes. It gives a main stream Israeli view of Asad's interest in talks. Asad’s Declarations: Ambiguous Words, Clear Meaning Aiman Mansour Institute for National Security Studies TelAviv Notes 189, october 23, 2006 The recent series of interviews with Syrian President Bashar Asad in Arab and [...]
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