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Tag Archives: Bashar Assad
Arab Summit, Iranian Agenda
05/04/2009 The issues that dominated the 21st Arab League summit in Doha, Qatar, this week testified to the weakness and disunity of the Arab states. Sunni Arabs are the majority population group in the Middle East. Yet the Doha agenda … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashar Assad, Doha, Egypt, Hamas, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria
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What Does Assad Want?
07/03/2010 In Damascus last week, the full array of leaders of the so-called ‘resistance bloc’ came together in a series of meetings. Presidents Ahmedinejad of Iran and Assad of Syria were there, alongside a beaming Khaled Meshal of Hamas and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashar Assad, Hassan Nasrallah, Hizballah, Iran, Obama, Syria, Teheran
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Who Killed Khaled Sultan al-Abed?
Gloria Center- 14/06/2010 Once viewed as perhaps the most locked-down and policed city in the Middle East, the Syrian capital of Damascus has been the scene of a number of bombings and assassinations in the last few years. Most famously, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashar Assad, Hizbullah, Imad Mughniyeh, Iran, Khaled Sultan al-Abed, Syria
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Sound of a Dictator preparing for a long Battle
Jerusalem Post- 31/03/2011 President Bashar al-Assad’s speech to the Syrian parliament was noteworthy more for what the Syrian dictator did not say than for what he did. Remarks by Assad aides to the media in the last days had raised … Continue reading
Assad’s Shopping List
Jerusalem Post- 20/08/2008 President Bashar Assad of Syria began a trip to Russia this week. Russian news agency RIA Novosti has quoted the Syrian Information Ministry as confirming that the trip will last two days. According to the statement, the … Continue reading
US Raid shows Assad’s over-Estimation
Jerusalem Post- 29/10/2008 This week’s US raid across the Iraqi-Syrian border resembles a number of similar actions carried out by American forces against al-Qaida targets over the last year in the North Waziristan area of Pakistan. It demonstrates a US … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Qaida, Bashar Assad, Damascus, Hamas, Iraq, Jordan, Syria
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Assad’s looming Downfall?
Jerusalem Post-25/03/2011 In southern Syria, the uprising against President Bashar Assad is continuing. On Wednesday, six people, including a doctor from a prominent local family, were killed when the security forces entered the Omari mosque in Daraa. Later in the … Continue reading
Analysis: US Raid shows Assad’s Over-Estimation
Jerusalem Post- 29/10/2008 This week’s US raid across the Iraqi-Syrian border resembles a number of similar actions carried out by American forces against al-Qaida targets over the last year in the North Waziristan area of Pakistan. It demonstrates a US … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Bashar Assad, Hizbullah, Iraq, Islamic Jihad, Kurdish, Muhammad Suleiman, PKK, Syria
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Analysis: US believes Syria is overplaying its Hand in Iraq
Jerusalem Post- 17/09/2009 The scheduled meeting Thursday of the Syrian and Iraqi foreign ministers is unlikely to lead to a swift resolution of the simmering feud between the two countries. The government of Iraq is furious at the mounting evidence … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashar Assad, Iraq, Moqtada al Sadr, Mosul, Nouri al Maliki, Shia, Syria
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Analysis: Saudis seek illusory ‘Third Way’ in Regional Diplomacy
Jerusalem Post- 17/01/2010 Syrian President Bashar Assad is reportedly scheduled to visit the Saudi capital Riyadh, where he is to meet with Saudi King Abdullah. The meeting is rumored to be a prelude to a three way summit also to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashar Assad, Egypt, Gaza, Hizbullah, Khaled Mashaal, King Abdullah, Syria
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