Monthly Archives: May 2017

Jerusalem Post, 26/5 Events taking place in a remote stretch of south east Syrian desert in recent days reveal the current direction of US Middle East strategy.   An observable ratcheting up of US and allied air and special forces … Continue reading →

  http://www.alarabiya.net/ar/mob/arab-and-world/syria/2017/05/18/%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%B9%D8%B6%D9%88-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%AF-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7.html English translation of the article: The British researcher Jonathan Spyer  managed to obtain an entry visa to the areas under the control of the Assad regime last April. This was within the framework of  a delegation of foreign … Continue reading →

Foreign Policy, 20/5. Syria Has Effectively Ceased to Exist

Jerusalem Report, 9/5. The mortar shells came early in the morning.  At about 5.  At regular intervals. Solemn and sinister. They were a reminder of how close it all was. We were in the Damascus Old City. There was still … Continue reading →