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UPDATE: Now Lebanon reporting that “US Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell informed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of Obama’s decision [to nominate Ford as ambassador to Syria] during his visit to Damascus earlier this month, according to the daily” newspaper An-Nahar, in a piece published today by the very well-informed Hisham Melham (who scored [...]
Syrian Statistics: A Guessing Game Deputy Prime Minister Dardari informs us here that GDP is $60 billion. Gross Domestic Product is the most important economic indicator. This is 20% higher than what most have been led to believe and is more than double what it was in 2004. To have the country’s GDP more than [...]
On Dardari/Raddawi again, all4syria has a couple of interesting articles: (thanks to Idaf for this) Raddawi’s firing was a personal response from PM Otri for what he considered a direct personal attack by Raddawi.. it was Raddawi’s critical public lecture of the 10th 5-year plan, delivered 4 days after the PM presented a positive report [...]
Ecological Peace between Syria and Israel? By Saleem H. Ali for Syria Comment, 26 January 2010 On January 7, 2010, Tel Aviv University hosted a unique conference on the role of ecological factors in peace-building between Syria and Israel. This was a bold initiative at a time when relations between the two countries have been [...]
The US Censors Syrian Internet By Idaf, January 24, 2010 for Syria Comment Sourceforge just became the latest US-based entity to censor Syria along with five other countries. Despite being one of the leading proponents of “open source” and “free” software, Sourceforge has succumbed to pressure from the US government to deny access to its [...]
Is Syria ready to engage with NGOs? By Lina Sinjab BBC News, Damascus Syria has sent a strong signal that it is ready to engage with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and development organisations in order to promote a more active civil society in the country. At this weekend’s pioneering conference in Damascus which drew many international [...]
BBC World Service Syria: the prospects for political change Back in the 1950s, as a lawyer and a judge, Haitham Maleh began promoting human rights in Syria. Haitham Maleh was arrested after an interview with opposition TV. In the 1980s he was detained without trial for seven years. Since then he has been tried three [...]
Alwaleed Bin Talal to Charlie Rose last night: (Start at minute 11 in the video) “Let me assure you and let me give you a quote from my friend Bashar Assad that Bashar Assad has all intentions to have peace in the region with Israel and has all intentions to have the Palestinians have peace [...]
The real discussion that the Syrian Economic Team should be having by Ehsani for Syria Comment, January 20, 2010 The recent firing of Mr. Tayseer al-Reddawi as head of the Syrian Planning commission is a reminder that the country’s economic leadership team is in the midst of an intense intellectual battle as the new 5-year [...]
U.S. seeks progress on Syria-Israel deal: George Mitchell By Khaled Yacoub Oweis Reuters Wednesday, January 20, 2010; 2:49 PM Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who said Israel had to “declare frankly” it wants peace. George Mitchell, President Barack Obama’s Middle East envoy, said the U.S. sought what he described as comprehensive Middle East peace that included [...]
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