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Posted by ALEX About a year ago, the polling site Syriapol was launched, created by George Ajjan, a Syrian-American Republican activist who has commented frequently on US-Syria relations here and elsewhere. Below is a press release that includes a summary of the first phase of the project, in which most of the 350 poll takers [...]
I am heading for Syria tomorrow, where I will spend June and July. I hope to continue blogging from Damascus and other Syrian cities. This news roundup covers mostly the accusations that Syria is behind the Fatah al-Islam disturbances and the articles covering Syria's elections. It also covers diverse stories concerning Syria. One reader wants [...]
Jay Solomon of the WSJ writes: A U.N. Security Council vote on establishing an international tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 murder of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is expected as early as May 29. The U.S., France and U.K. are initiating discussions inside the Security Council on the resolution Thursday, according to U.S. [...]
The Kurdish National Assembly sent me the following information about amendments it seeks to get accepted to the Syrian Accountability Act and other information about the role it hopes to play in bringing down the Assad regime and promoting a loose federal democracy to Syria. As they explained: "Kurds are the key to democratization of the [...]
Bette Dam, an enterprising German journalist sent the following article on the National Salvation Front meeting in Brussels. It took place on May 13. The NSF is the primary Syrian opposition organization outside of Syria. It was formed a year ago. She writes: Hi Joshua, Although there might be a lot of news coming from Beirut right [...]
The WSJ article (copied below) claims that the Hariri tribunal is still in doubt. Neither China nor Russia have given assurances that they will not veto the resolution for a tribunal under Chapter VII. They claim they are still studying the draft resolution. Addendum: Before posting the WSJ article here is a piece posted by [...]
Published by ALEX By Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service Washington gave Israel the green light to accept Syrian President Bashar Assad's call for peace talks, in a change of position accompanied by several preconditions. The Bush administration has given Israel permission to discuss the future of the Golan Heights, security arrangements and Israeli-Syrian [...]
Lebanese Troops Fight Islamists; Dozens Are Slain.By HASSAN M. FATTAH and NADA BAKRITRIPOLI, New York TimesMay 21, 2007.TRIPOLI, Lebanon, May 20 — Fierce clashes erupted between Lebanese Army soldiers and Islamic militants in the vicinity of a Palestinian refugee camp here on Sunday, leaving 22 Lebanese soldiers and 17 militants dead and dozens injured in one [...]
A Syrian friend who lives in Damascus wrote the following note to me about Ash`ari Islam, which he explains is the mainstream interpretation in Syria. He describes how the establishment shaikhs deal with both Sufism and takfiri Salafism. He asked to remain anonymous. This is part 3 in our on-going series of posts on [...]
Syria Strains Under Exodus of Iraqi Refugees Through Last Open Border, By Marc Perelman, Forward | Fri. May 04, 2007 Al Tanf, Iraqi-Syrian Border – On a recent mild spring morning, Tawfiq Mohamed was nervously pacing back and forth in front of a drab office building that bears a large picture of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad. The [...]
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