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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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Iran & Russia signal frustrations with Bashar al-Assad
Iran’s foreign minister stated a closure to Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power is necessary but this needs to be negotiated as part of a broader political solution. The envisaged transition leads to elections in 2014, when Bashar al-Assad’s term ends. … Continue reading
When is a massacre newsworthy?
Channel 4 has broadcast another Dispatches documentary on Syria, hashing information obtained from a questionable collection of hacked emails and testimonies that are already known and published in both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reports. The producer questions “what … Continue reading
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Tagged Al-Arabiya, covering Syria, Houla, Iran, Obama regime, The Guardian, US Administration
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Nothing new from the Guardian’s email leaks
The Guardian has published excerpts from a series of emails that it claims belong to Bashar al-Assad and his inner-circle. It is difficult to vouch for the authenticity of the emails but suspicion remains, considering that anything relating to events … Continue reading
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Tagged Amnesty International, Asma al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad, Guardian emails, Iran
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Covering Syria: the logic of alliances
There are similarities between the current largest opposition coalition (the ‘Syrian National Council’ [SNC]) and Syrian opposition coalitions from the past. Returning to the early 1980s, the Muslim Brotherhood formed a broad alliance (a ‘salvation’ front) with other opposition factions, against Hafeth … Continue reading
US, Saudis and Russia Vie for Influence in Post-Assad Syria
Real News have published an insightful interview with Hamid Dabashi (see below), that focuses on the geopolitics of the Syria crisis. He correctly articulates the issue as not a humanitarian concern with the repression of Bashar al-Assad, as it is often framed, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Geopolitics, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, US imperialism
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Clarification on a mistake: returning to the story of the kidnapped Iranian engineers
I originally posted the story of the capture of claimed Iranian ‘Revolutionary Guard’ soldiers by a group claiming itself as ‘Al-Farouq Brigade’ of the ‘Free Syrian Army’. In the post I noted that the passports exhibited by those capturing the … Continue reading
The omnipresence of Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiyya broadcast a video by a group claiming itself as ‘Al-Farouq’ brigade from the ‘Free Syrian Army’. The video claims to show the kidnapping of members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Rumours of the capture of Hezbollah fighters and Iranian officers, specifically … Continue reading
The regime’s likely rejection of the Arab League initiative
The Arab League initiative and its contents have been published in Al-Hayat newspaper and can be accessed here. Its main articles include the withdrawal of the army and armed security from civilian areas, release of political prisoners, dialogue towards a … Continue reading
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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