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Category Archives: Commentary
A growing confrontation between Qatar and Iran
It appears that Qatar is now in direct confrontation with Iran, after its strong overturn to go beyond the normalising of relations with Egypt. There is a sense that Iran is now attempting to garner strong relations with the Muslim … Continue reading
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Tagged egyptian muslim brotherhood, Iran, Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar
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Hezbollah and Syria’s refugees
Hezbollah is culpable for its wrong-headed and debased alignment with the Syrian regime – nothing justifies this position; whatever the make-up of many of Syria’s sectarian and imperialist backed opposition factions. However, little has been reported (for clear and obvious … Continue reading
The onus is on the regime
Jonathan Steele puts forward some good ideas in this article on Syria. However, an arms blockade on both sides will make little or no difference, other than assisting regime brutality – there has never been an issue with regime supply … Continue reading
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Participating the Assad regime in a political transition
The Obama regime seem to be pushing for a negotiated solution between itself and Russia and other regional powers. While the House of Saud view the Syrian crisis as a proxy war for it to curtail Iran’s influence and vainly … Continue reading
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Tagged Hillary Clinton, House of Saud, Obama regime, US Administration, US imperialism
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Differences within and between armed groups
There is much being said regarding a joint statement by a number of armed groups in Aleppo. The statement mentioned the establishment of an Islamic state and denounced the ‘National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces’ as part of … Continue reading
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Tagged Armed groups, At-Tawhid Division, Jabhat al-Nusra, Salafi Jihadi
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An opposition that can be vouched for
The idea behind a new coalition led by Riyad al-Seif, bypassing the Syrian National Council, has been something proposed by Western diplomats for some time. Muhammad al-Abdallah bitterly describes ongoing attempts by Robert Ford and other diplomats to implement a … Continue reading
Reporting Hezbollah in Syria
Sky News (Arabic) and the S’ad al-Harriri owned Al-Mustaqbal report the death of a Hezbollah commander named ‘Basel Hemada’ in Homs (obviously reiterating the ongoing sectarian agitation, that ‘Shi’ite’ cells or Israel’s ‘auld enemy’ are operative in the violent repression). … Continue reading
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Tagged Al-Mustaqbal, Harriri, Hezbollah, Mainstream media
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Al-Arabiyya’s “absolute nonsense”
Al-Arabiyya (the House of Saud’s main propaganda news channel), since the uprising, has given the majority of its coverage to Syria, other than its ongoing obsession with Iranian affairs. Recently they have reported the uncovering of ‘secret’ regime documents. One … Continue reading
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Tagged Al-Arabiya, Al-Arabiyya, covering Syria, House of Saud, Saudi monarchy
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Running thoughts on communal sectarianism
The institutionalisation of communal sectarianism in Lebanon and Syria was a policy of French colonial rule, carving out communal entities from what were Ottoman administrative governorates. Yet while this was institutionalised at state level in Lebanon, Syria’s political life has always … Continue reading
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Tagged Lebanon, March 14, Sectarianism, Syrian opposition
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Said the unnamed ‘Western diplomatic source’ citing ‘intelligence reports’
Reuters deemed it newsworthy to report an ‘exclusive’ from a “Western diplomat” citing “intelligence reports”: The equipment being transferred by both companies (Iran and Mahan Air) … ranges from communications equipment to light arms and advanced strategic weapons, some of which … Continue reading →
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