Twenty-two months into the Syrian civil war, the United Nations has finally been able to compile fairly accurate numbers for the casualties. Comparing over 147 thousand names of victims from…
There’s got to be only a certain number of times that being handsome and diving behind the nearest sand dune will be enough to save Richard Engel’s life and limbs,…
On Thursday, Mikhail Bogdanov, Deputy Foreign Minister and Russia’s special envoy for Middle Eastern affairs, quietly said the unthinkable for a Russian, the al Assad regime in Syria was “losing…
Watching a nation implode is a heart- and gut-wrenching experience. Tens of thousands of innocents die. Cities and towns are damaged beyond repair. Generations will pass before the hate subsides.…
As suddenly as turning off a light switch, the internet went down in Syria yesterday. One moment there was normal traffic. The next moment, nothing. The regime denies that they…
Defying the United States and Israel, by a vote of 138 to 9, with 41 abstentions, the United Nations General Assembly voted to grant “non-member, observer state” status to the…
The fractious Syrian opposition met last week to try to forge a new council for the opposition, one that would represent the greatest range of Syrians and be dominated by…
The “Arab Spring” Is Two Years Old
Two years ago today, frustrated and angered by the layers of corruption in Tunisia, despairing of ever being able to change his life and provided better for his mother, stepfather…
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