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A Battle for Two Cities
The Syrian regime is pouring all available resources into its defense of the two main cities of Syria: Damascus and Aleppo. While simultaneously constructing an Alawi enclave in the northwest, the Assads understand that maintaining control of these central urban … Continue reading
Syrian Diplomat: Regime carried out Damascus bombings
In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Nawaf Fares, a senior Syrian diplomat who defected to the rebel side asserted that the Assad regime was responsible for a major act of terror in Damascus, which was blamed at the time … Continue reading
Analysis: A Bus Blows up in Damascus – Exploding Tire or Terror Strike?
Gloria Center- 07/12/2009 The Syrian authorities are currently trying to attribute the blast Thursday on a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims near the Saida Zeinab mosque in Damascus to an exploding tire. However, eyewitnesses earlier reported a bomb explosion on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Damascus, Imad Mughniyeh, Iran, Mohammad Sammour, Sunni, Syria
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We’ll take the Dowry – You keep the Bride
Jerusalem Post- 31/07/2008 A fourth round of indirect talks between Syrian and Israeli representatives was concluded in Istanbul this week and as the Turkish mediators kept themselves in shape conveying messages between the hotel rooms of the two countries’ delegations, … Continue reading
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Tagged Damascus, Hariri, Hizbullah, Iran, Syria, Walid Muallem
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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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The Weatherman and the Wind
05/04/2010 Bob Dylan wrote that “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” With great respect to Dylan, however, if you are truly looking to ascertain the direction of the winds in a particular place and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashar Assad, Damascus, Druse, Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbullah, March 14 movement, Syria, Teheran, Walid Jumblatt
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