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Two important lessons from Saudi Arabia and the UAE

  • In Saudi Arabia the Council of Ministers, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, issued a ruling that requires state ministries to appoint spokespeople and respond to the media, whilst in the UAE, it was announced that four Twitter accounts tracing back to Abu Dhabi had been...
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Even Hezbollah and Israel agree

  • Even Hezbollah and the Israeli prime minister could not ignore the Houla massacre in Syria, whose death toll stands at around 108, mostly women and children, and have condemned this. The question that must be asked here is: If Hezbollah and Israel have agreed to condemn the massacres in Syria,...
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Annan is frustrated…this is a disaster!

  • UN envoy Kofi Annan expressed his frustration at the situation in Syria, saying “we have run out of patience, we are not grateful to the killings. I’m the first to condemn these operations and I want the acceleration of the plan.” Annan also acknowledged that Syria is sliding...
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Assad has made it simple

  • The tyrant of Damascus resolved the entire debate, at Arab and international level, and even among some spectra of the Syrian opposition, about the possibility of a diplomatic solution in Syria, when he announced in his speech yesterday that Syria is not in a crisis, and that he is proceeding to...
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Syria: Returning to Moscow

  • Prince Saud Al-Faisal called on the Russians to reconsider their position on Syria, urging them to support the peaceful transfer of power in Damascus. A White House spokesman said that Washington has begun to prepare for the post-Assad period, at the same time that the deputy Russian foreign...
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Why are Russians still supporting Assad?

  • It appears that the Russians are increasing their embrace of Bashar Assad today, more than at any time before. Evidence of this can be seen in what Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during the press conference with his Iranian counterpart in Tehran, namely that Moscow is prepared to...
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Egypt: A setback or a correction?

  • ANYBODY looking at the bigger picture in Egypt, away from previous positions or what is being repeated by some media outlets with regards to clichés and public polls, will find that Egypt is now — following the dissolution of Parliament by the Supreme Constitutional Court’s...
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Any peace plan with Assad in Syria is bound to fail

  • What was said in Geneva by the majority of international forces that have taken a decisive position toward the crimes being committed by Bashar Assad was beautiful, and this includes what was said Kofi Annan himself. However despite this, we cannot expect any plan regarding the Syrian revolution...
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The Geneva summit failed, what’s next for Syria?

  • One cannot find fault with those who are saying that the Geneva summit has failed, despite everything that this summit issued, particularly as the wording of the statement is so vague that it allows each party to interpret it as they see fit, whether we are talking about the Americans, Russians...
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Syria: Is Iraq the first country to defect?

  • The latest statement issued by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari from Cairo about the Assad regime, in which he described it as a totalitarian regime, means that Iraq has practically become the first country to defect from supporting Assad, even if this was just in the media....
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