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Over the next week, Syria Comment will post two essays on the peace process. This week I will argue why Syria may not get the Golan back from Israel. Next week I will argue why it may. Why Syria Will Not Get the Golan Back: Why Israel and the Arabs will continue at War By [...]
Simon Tisdall gets the story and analysis right. This week has been confusing because a number of the US visitors to Damascus arrived with tough words that raised Syrian hackles and reminded us of rhetoric from the previous administration — i.e. Syria must end support for terrorism, Hizbullah, Hamas, Iran, etc. if it wants the US [...]
Syrian talks with Kerry were promising, evidently, despite lots of background noise chastising Syria for seeking to regain its territory occupied by Israel whether by building up its military or supporting other Israeli opponents. By SAM F. GHATTAS – 2 hours ago DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Kerry said after talks with Syria’s [...]
On Thursday Feb 19th I will be speaking at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs on “Syria and its Neighbors: What Lies Ahead” which is co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is asking the same Question that Bashar al-Asad asked yesterday in his interview with the Guardian. He said [...]
Assad urges US to rebuild diplomatic road to Damascus Interview by Ian Black, Guardian Syria expects the US to send an ambassador to Damascus soon to make good on Barack Obama’s offer to engage in dialogue with countries the Bush administration shunned, President Bashar al-Assad told the Guardian today. Assad used a rare newspaper interview [...]
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