Opinion: Obama Plays While His Chancellor Wages War on Syria
Michel Kilo, for Asharq al-Awsat (Pan-Arab Lo
October 30, 2013
Veteran dissident argues America’s interests are served in perpetuating the crisis
Veteran dissident argues America’s interests are served in perpetuating the crisis
The Koreans are the latest foreigners found to be assisting the Syrian regime
A two-day conference of Syrian and Iranian intellectuals was held in Damascus
The Iranian Minister of Culture met with Syria’s ambassador to Tehran on Monday
Economist analyst Adnan Abdulrazzak writes for The Syrian Observer on the regime’s efforts to show that Syria is capable to control its economic difficulties
The powerful opposition group’s statement comes on Sunday as fighting rages on near the border with neighboring Iraq and in the central city of Homs
Both organizations, whose mentality and actions are similar, grew and developed through different conflicts and confrontations
Feltman tells Raghida Dergham not holding the Geneva 2 conference means that Assad will be running in the next presidential election
A “political solution” in Syria equates between victims and oppressors, and in fact prefers the latter and seeks to perpetuate their actions and protect them from being held to account
Those who want to go to Geneva are linking the conference’s fate to the position that will be adopted by the United States, as though they were wishful to test this position once again
No detainees have been received by the Turkish authorities from the Assad regime, as was agreed with the mediators
Compromise is the only logical alternative to war, but any resolution is likely to be regional this time
Walid al-Bunni, the former Spokesman for the National Coalition, asks if it is still possible to talk about a revolution of a people against a tyrant as it was in its first year
The circumstances today are suitable for holding the Geneva conference, as they have been believed by the Syrians to be a month ago
Save us from death. Save us from the hell of Assad’s killing machine
The Russian and American positions would not survive even the most cursory examination
The worst case scenario overcome by the regime is that it is no longer required to account for its use of WMDs against civilians through a clear and blatant violation of all international laws and human and ethical considerations
Assad denies reports holding that a member of Fatah’s central committee, had brought him a message from the new emir of Qatar
The options available to the top leaders in Iran, Iraq, and Russia are moving toward a few shared priorities
The militant groups’ problem is their desire to impose their radical ideology on people by force
