Tag: Syria
Solidarity with the Syrian revolution
Nureddin Sabir calls on freedom-loving people worldwide to declare publicly their support for the Syrian people and to participate in the Global Day of Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution on 31 May.
In solidarity with the people of Syria
A petition in support of the Syrian people’s struggle against dictatorship and genocide has been launched by the Global Campaign of Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution, which also has a Facebook page
Lebanon: even coffee is political
Jamal Kanj says 23 years after its civil war, Lebanon is neither wiser nor less divided, and with a political system perpetuating the national divide and failing to fix the country’s ills.
Syria and the battle of narratives
The Syrian regime is winning the battle of narratives because people in the West – the media and other opinion formers – are trapped in the narrative of the Iraq war.
The proxy war destroying Syria
Jamal Kanj argues that between them, an arrogant tyrant, Bashar Assad, a fractious, visionless, bankrupt opposition, and Russia, the USA and Turkey are breaking up Syria into mini Israel-type ethnocentric states.
Say “no” to the Saudis and their Gulf allies
Nureddin Sabir views the Saudi role in promoting Islamist cults, criminal groups and deviant, primitive variants of Islam in Arab societies, and calls for mass actions to expose and eradicate Saudi influence.
Megalomaniac vs monomaniacs in Syria
Jamal Kanj argues that while Bashar Assad is part of Syria’s problem, not its solution, the “detached, five-star hotel denizens” of the external opposition have no domestic credibility, leaving Israel the winner.
Syria’s Assad plays Israel card, apes Gaddafi
Nureddin Sabir looks at how Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has learned nothing from the other fallen Arab dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, but is aping them, almost word by word.
The Arab Spring: was it worth it?
Nureddin Sabir says there is no alternative to the pain unleashed by the Arab Spring if Arabs are to realize their aspirations for democracy, accountability, civil society and the rule of law.
Israel, Syria and Assad’s useful idiots
One of the most frequently recurring myths about Syria is that Israel does not regard Bashar Assad as being in its interest and that it is trying to hasten his fall by