CNN Middle East News- Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may comeThe Syrian assault on the city of Homs is "a grim harbinger of worse to come" without united pressure on the government in Damascus, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday. […]
- Activist: Infants, medical staff among dead in Homs crackdownFour straight days of shelling and bombing by Syrian government forces into the besieged city of Homs have left residents cowering, afraid to escape and fearing for their lives as bodies lie in the streets, unable to be recovered. […]
- Syrian regime gets bloody nose from resistanceOne fateful consequence of President Bashar al-Assad's ferocious crackdown on Syrian protesters is the emergence of the domestic armed resistance, the Free Syrian Army. […]
- Al-Assad hangs on by ruthlessness, reformist imageWhen the Tunisian revolt erupted last year, Tunisia's president fled power in weeks. When Egyptians took to the streets, longtime leader Hosni Mubarak was swiftly ousted as well. […]
- No Libya play for the West in SyriaAmid growing outrage over civilian casualties in Syria, there are ever more urgent calls to aid -- or at least protect -- the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. There is renewed talk of creating safe havens and humanitarian corridors inside the country. And those demanding tougher measures are again asking why events in Syria should not prompt Libya […]
- Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may come
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Political Thought and Criticism in the Arab World
As many of you know in the past the Arab peoples were not given a chance to express their opinion and thoughts freely. Today some say that the[singlepic id=95 w=320 h=240 float=right] situation is changing towards a better one and others consider the situation still not good enough to say that there is a freedom of speech in the Arab world. It is important to say that the situation is not the same in the whole Arab countries and that there is a kind of knowledge which the Arab peoples are obtaining because of the globalization and education which many are given a chance to get today.
Lula backs Iran’s nuclear programme
Brazil’s president has offered his backing for Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme.
Speaking at a joint news conference in the capital Brasilia on Monday after holding talks with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his visiting Iranian[singlepic id=93 w=320 h=240 float=right] counterpart, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva said Brazil backed Iran’s quest for “peaceful nuclear energy in full respect of international accords”.
He urged Ahmadinejad to “continue contacts with interested countries for a just and balanced solution on the nuclear issue in Iran”.
Israel’s Future Dilemma: The importance of ‘final status’ issues
Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations have often avoided final status issues, leaving tem for the very last. But can these issues be put off any longer? How would this affect an Israel-Palestine peace in the future? Wha are some of the long-term consequences that Israel might have to face? Gitanjali Bakshi attempts to envision the situation 10 years from now.
By Gitanjali Bakshi
October, 2009
Ba’ath Troubles Reveal External Interference in Iraq By Gitanjali Bakshi
Is Syria’s support for Ba’athist militants altruistic or strategic? Could this have anything to do with the US pull out in 2011? And what will this mean for the region. Gitanjali Bakshi studies these questions in her article for September.[singlepic id=59 w=160h=120 float=right]
Ba’ath Troubles Reveal External Interference in Iraq
The first few weeks of September were host to a series of mudslinging events between Syria and Iraq. The Iraqi administration accused Syria of housing Ba’athists suspected of perpetrating the August truck-blasts in Baghdad; the Syrians challenged them for concrete evidence. Iraq then
In Search of ‘Hidden Water’: GCC nations & food security
May 2009
Growing freshwater shortage has motivated affluent nations in the Middle East to find ‘hidden water’ in other countries. But will this lead to a more efficient system of food security and water management or will it in fact lead to a new form of neo-colonialism? Gitanjali Bakshi investigates.
