Saturday, January 7th, 2012
Although the majority of Arabs believe Syria’s President Basher al-Assad should resign in the wake of the regime’s brutal treatment of protesters, fewer Syrians are supportive of an immediate leadership change. According to the latest opinion poll commissioned by The Doha Debates, Syrians are more supportive of their president with 55% not wanting him to […]
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
Ten per cent of the seats in a proposed Libyan constituent assembly will be reserved for women, according to a draft electoral law that has triggered harsh reaction from a human rights watchdog. “The General National Congress (constituent assembly) is to be composed of 200 members elected freely and directly. 10 per cent of the […]
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
DAMASCUS // The Syrian authorities say the uprising – or foreign-backed conspiracy, as they refer to it – is all but finished, with victory close at hand. In similar, optimistic fashion, opponents of the regime have already signed its death certificate – the United States calling President Bashar Al Assad “a dead man walking”. While both proclamations […]
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
Just a few days ago was the longest night of the year. Another way of looking at is that this was night in which the tide of darkness began to turn back in favor of light. Bunched around this time are so many ancient holidays of lights and candles, of which Hanukkah and Christmas are […]
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
(CNN) — The Free Syrian Army plans to kick off “huge operations” this week against “vital interests” of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the force’s commander said Wednesday. “We prepared ourselves for this stage,” Col. Riad al-Asaad said in Turkey. “We can’t force him off with the peaceful demonstrations, so we are going to force him by […]
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
The term “The Syrian Free Army (SFA)” (sometimes referred to as Free Syrian Army FSA) has been making headlines and front covers for months now. Observing western media and the way they have been discussing this, I couldn’t help but notice that, although many media channels have been racing to get exclusive interviews and stories […]
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