Archive for the 'Britain' Category

“The ‘Missing Dimension’: Britain’s Secret War against France in Syria and Lebanon, 1942–45,” by Meir Zamir

Press Release: The ‘Missing Dimension’ by Meir Zamir Article: The ‘Missing Dimension’: Britain’s Secret War against France in Syria and Lebanon, 1942–45 – Part II Author: Meir Zamir Journal: Middle Eastern Studies, published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Issue: Volume 46, Issue 6, November 2010, pages 791 – 899 Web: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a930912406~frm=titlelink [The article will [...]

News Round Up (Mon Aug. 10, 2009)

The Dutch and some other EU members have been hesitant to let Damascus into its Mediterranean trade agreement because of its human rights violations. All other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea are members, no matter how egregious their human rights violations are. It might be right to keep Syria out if this were to produce [...]

Hariri Majority thin with Jumblatt Defection; Brits Urge Peace

Britain urges Syria to help push Mideast peace (AFP) DAMASCUS — British Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis on Tuesday urged Syria to help push deadlocked Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and also resume its own negotiations with the Jewish state. Lewis also told reporters that Israel should return the strategic Golan Heights to Syria as part of [...]

News Round UP (6 December 2008)

The Baby, the Bathwater, and the Freedom Agenda in the Middle East By Michele Dunne The Washington Quarterly, January 2009 The Arab World’s Dirty Secret: Racism By Mona Eltahawy Changing the Rules: The Syria Attack By CONN HALLINAN in Counterpunch, Dec 4, 2008 ….A number of hawks in the Bush Administration, in particular Deputy National [...]

Britain and Syria Resume Intelligence Sharing

[Landis analysis] Two pieces of important news. Al-Baradei claims that the traces of uranium discovered at the Euphrates bomb site do not mean there was a reactor. He has demanded greater Syrian and Israeli cooperation. The Syrians are unlikely to allow further teams of investigators to explore Syrian sites.  Second, Miliband, Great Britain’s foreign minister, did two important [...]