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
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A New Beginning for Egypt and the Arab World
The Egyptians did it…..eighteen days of determination and modern organized revolution proved that the Arab new generations would make a change. The [singlepic id=484 w=320 h=240 float=right]Nile celebrates its sons daughters while shouting the words “Long Live Egypt” and “All of us united one Hand”.
The Military Spokesman who declared the control of the High Command Council of the Egyptian army of the Country saluted the martyrs who sacrificed their life for the sake of the revolution. It was really touching to see an Arab army commander speaking to the people and assuring that their rights and security will be protected. Egypt is known as the leading country of the Arab world and it has been separated from the development in the region since thirty years.
Geopolitical Strategery: Egypt’s Sturm und Drang
by Jeff Pozmantier on February 1, 2011[singlepic id=475 w=320 h=240 float=right]
Who would have thunk that a satirical Will Ferrell skit on George Bush’s famous tendency to expand the English language would best describe the key geopolitical challenges we now face in Egypt? It is, after all, all about that there strategery thing, as well as speaking in a calibrated manner that will hopefully appeal, or at least not offend, the many different domestic and international audiences that now watch our every move.
Strategery (also known as “strategy” to the more grammatically inclined) demands that America react carefully and wisely.
Direct Talks…a new beginning or a waste of time?
In the beginning of September President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Netanyahu, King Abdullah, President Mubarak and President Obama are [singlepic id=286 w=320 h=240 float=right]supposed to meet in order to declare the beginning of a new round of Direct talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
The negotiations are supposed to end in one year and bring a result that is supposed to give solutions for all the cases that Israel and the Palestinians do not agree on. Many analysts did not really see a good opportunity to achieve anything through these talks because of the formation of the Israeli government and
Egypt and Israel differ over peace
Netanyahu, left, and Mubarak discussed issues including a prisoner exchange deal [EPA][singlepic id=124 w=320 h=240 float=right]
Israeli and Egyptian leaders have met in Cairo to discuss US-backed efforts to relaunch peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Neither Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, nor Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s president, spoke to journalists after the meeting on Tuesday, though the Israeli PM’s office said “talks were in-depth and friendly”.
