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Thanks to Sharmine Narwani a Senior Associate at St. Antony’s College, Oxford University for alerting me to this interview with Assad copied below. Other wiki headlines are Erdogan ‘Hates’ Israel in WikiLeaks Posting of U.S.-Turkey Talk Gates tells Italians no weapons are coming from Iran to the Taliban… Israel tried to coordinate Operation Cast Lead [...]
Cables Obtained by WikiLeaks Shine Light Into Secret Diplomatic Channels President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, left, with William J. Burns, a State Department official, in Damascus. New York Times, November 28, 2010 By SCOTT SHANE and ANDREW W. LEHREN ….Cables describe the United States’ failing struggle to prevent Syria from supplying arms to Hezbollah in [...]
Defining a Constructive Role in the Middle East By Ahmed Salkini, Spokesman for the Syrian Embassy, Washington Washington Post Global WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the most commonly used phrases when describing a certain party’s role in the Middle East is whether or not it is “constructive.” American officials have a special affinity for this [...]
Three important stories for Syria: The Golan: The new Israeli referendum law dashes the hopes of a renewed Syrian-Israeli peace process. The law dictates that any “retreat” from land that Israel currently claims as its own (meaning the territories it has annexed – the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem) must be approved by a public [...]
The US can do very little about the difficulties of the Special Lebanese Tribunal and Saad Hariri’s need to back away from its results. The Lebanese pendulum is returning to its equilibrium. Syria’s and Hizbullah’s authority in Lebanon is being restored after the effort by George Bush, Jacques Chirac, and Ehud Olmert to yank it [...]
In Schenker’s article about China (copied below), he omits one fact. Iran and Syria are forced to look to China because America has closed all doors to them and is sanctioning them. Turkey does not have to look East, but if it wants to trade with Iran and cultivate good relations with Russia, Syria and [...]
Syria’s Challenge: A Modern Secular Family Law, By Elie Elhadj, for Syria Comment Equality between women and men before the law is an inalienable human right–a natural justice. Gender equality is crucial for economic growth and human development. Syria’s 2008 Gender Gap Index was a poor 107 out of 130 countries, scoring 0.618. It ranked [...]
President Al-Asad has issued a decree granting a one-time 50 per cent bonus on government salaries. This is done in view of eid al-adha. The one time bonus equals syp 12.5 billion or $270 million, which equals about 0.49% of Syria’s GDP. The 50-per cent bonus on monthly salaries and wages is to cover civilian [...]
What is Behind the Uproar in Syria’s Labor Relations? The Reform Process and Jobs? By Elie Elhadj For Syria Comment November 5, 2010 Syria’s Real Economic Growth Not 5% Syriasteps quotes a study by the Planning Commission which finds that “economic growth in Syria dropped during 2008 and 2009 to 3% from 5.5% in 2007.” [...]
Now We Know. America Really Doesn’t Care about Injustice in the Middle East. by Robert Fisk November 30, 2010 by The Independent/UK Vast amounts of diplomatic literature prove that the mainstay of Washington’s Middle East policy is alignment with Israel, that its principal aim is to encourage the Arabs to join the American-Israeli alliance against [...]
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