Toronto Star: Arab Awakening: Offspring of dictators are failing at succession 2011-02-27 Bashar Assad, son and designated successor of late Syrian President Hafez Assad, makes a fist as he follows the coffin of his father into the mosque of Qardaha, the home village of the late Syrian leader, June 13, 2000. n Arab countries that [...]

Asma al-Assad: A Rose in the Desert by Joan Juliet Buck | photographed by James Nachtwey Vogue, February 25, 2011 Asma al-Assad is glamorous, young, and very chic—the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies. Her style is not the couture-and-bling dazzle of Middle Eastern power but a deliberate lack of adornment. She’s a rare [...]

Video of yesterday’s demonstration in front of the Libyan Embassy in Damascus – About 100-150 Syrians demonstrated in solidarity with Libya’s struggle against Qaddafi in front of the Libyan embassy in Damascus. They called for Qaddafi’s downfall. The demonstrators were chanting “peacefully, peacefully”. One demonstrator wrote to say that a number of the participants were [...]

By Munzer A. Khair Posted By Alex Syria Comment Feb 23rd, 2011 The amateur author of this outburst is a Syrian Arab, a Semite by ancestry and definition like all Arabs, and proud of it. He is also a part product of US Americana (AUB IC prep school in Beirut, Mount Hermon School for Boys [...]

Will Iranian War Ships Traveling through the Suez Canal Provoke War or Peace? Recent news that Iran will send two warships through the Suez canal to dock in Syria has set off alarm bells for Israel and the US. Defense Minister Ehud Barak walked back comments by Foreign Minister Lieberman that Israel would possibly consider [...]