The recent developments in indirect negotiations between Syria and Israel are a direct result of the failure of the Bush/Neo-Con Doctrine in the Middle East. The Syrian position has been clear and consistent throughout; namely that they have adopted peace as a strategic choice and that the Golan will be returned to Syria one way […]

Due to the various foreign forces that have occupied our land and the ensuing division and fragmentation that resulted from such occupations, our national identity has been compromised, and as such the true meaning of the name of our homeland, namely Syria, has been lost.  While historians and other intellectuals continue to identify Syria, albeit […]