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…ttps://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/04/06/dershowitz-detai... President Trump authorized the strikes against Syria Thursday night, the first direct US strikes against the regime in the country’s civil war. MORE... Lawyerin Dunki butter case: $90,000 payout ‘not actua...

…ternational Peace A Decade of Struggling Reform Efforts in Jordan_ (Summary + Conclusion) Marwan Muasher Foreign Policy Syria: Too Big to Fail? Aaron David Miller Ancle >| The Daily Star Syria fortifies Obama in his indecision Michael Young Anicle ®- | New York Review of Books S...

Article 2. The New York Post The storm in Syria Amir Taheri April 16, 2011 -- Yesterday was supposed to be the first day of what Syrian despot Ba shar al-Assad had dubbed "social calm"; he hoped his mixture of promises and repressive measures would silence the pro-democracy up...

…erian branch of the Egyptian operator Orascom, and the Algerian military, and in a previous dispute between Orascom and Syria’s Syriatel, which happened just as the first large Arab multinationals emerged.) The globalisation of Arab economies and the demands of the Internationa...

In March 2011 tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Syria. The protestors were demanding political reforms, dissatisfied with the cruel and authoritarian regime of Bashar al-Assad, who has been in power for more than ten years, succeeding his father after a 30...

…should know when we suffer, we will not suffer alone.” Some have suggested that the two messages reveal a split in the Syrian regime. That’s not convincing. The messages were not that different, and to put Shaaban on the same level as Makhlouf is absurd. Shaaban is viewed as a s...

…ting. Meanwhile the most authentic opponents in the region of these Sunni al-Qaedists - the governments of Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Iran - have found themselves overthrown (in the case of Iraq and Libya), subverted with U.S. support (in the case of Syria), or sanctioned and threat...

Article 3. The Financial Times Why Syria will get away with it Gideon Rachman June 13 2011 -- late last week, Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, launched an offensive of his own. In a speech in Brussels, he dismissed most of America’s European allies as a useless bunch o...

…efeating Saddam. After a formal opening session in Madrid, the “bilateral tracks” — between Israel and negotiators from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and the Palestinians — had quickly stalemated and stalled. Yitzhak came to office saying he was not interested in a peace process, which...

13 With the Druze joining the uprising, all of Syria's dozen or so ethnic and religious communities are now marching under the banner of revolt against the Assad dynasty. More important, perhaps, the day brought the first signs that at least parts of the security forces may be...

Syria. We could halt at that stage, in the unlikely event Hizbollah showed signs of de-escalation. But if it didn’t, the air strikes would intensify. The aim was not target the nearly 250,000 Lebanese civilians who lived in the immediate border area. It was to use our attacks, al...

…alistic leaders should have nothing to fear from Egypt, with which it has an enduring peace treaty. The situation with Syria may not be exactly the same, however, especially when the two countries are still officially in a state of war. The regime of Bashar Assad, and his father...

…, the regime relents, but when Washington offers a more passive response, Iranian aggression increases. With respect to Syria, for example, it cannot be assumed that Bashar al-Assad will fall at all, let alone quickly, without active U.S. engagement. If the Assad HOUSE OVERSIGHT...

… worse comes to worst … the world will step forward and act! • My answer is: Do not take this for granted. • Look at Syria – you don't need classified intelligence; it’s on your screens. Assad’s jet fighters, tanks and artillery are slaughtering his own citizens. Over 70,000...

…ccupation of Arab lands. I hoped to see demands include US non-interference in the affairs of the region, especially in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Libya. I hoped to see Arabic demands to compensate Iraq for its devastation out of US invasion, compensate Syria for the damages resulted...