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Will Washington Trust Tehran?
Will Washington grasp the hand being offered by the Iranian people? By Franklin Lamb Tehran. Truth told, this American observer has attended his share of international conferences and has traveled in...
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Syrian “Tipping Point”
Can Washington and Her Allies Block Syria’s Reconciliation Efforts? The Oft-Predicted Fickle Syrian ‘Tipping Point’ Has Tipped by FRANKLIN LAMB Damascus — This observer lost count more than a year ago...
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Obama v Netanyahu-the next round
By Alan Hart The headline over a recent op-ed article in the New York Times by Rashid Khalidi was Is Any Hope Left for Mideast Peace? The answer to that question might or might not be clear beyond...
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Sayyeda Zeinab
the 7th Century Heroine of Karbala by FRANKLIN LAMB Sayyeda Zeinab Shrine Damascus. It is well known in this region that powerful foreign and domestic forces in nearly every country, but particularly...
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Syria: Could the White House Have Dreamt for More
A Draft-Dodging, Zionist Friendly, Right-wing Texan Islamist to lead Syria? by FRANKLIN LAMB Damascus. For the past year, a plan C or D, depending on how one numbers the failed US-Israel projects in...
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The Holy Land Gets Skunked
An Analysis by Lawrence Davidson Part I – Something Is Rotten in the State of Israel It is said that the devil has about him the smell of fire and brimstone (sulphur). Evil deeds are often described as...
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Topless Tunisian Protester
Amina Tyler The naked truth about Tunisia’s topless protester By Yvonne Ridley Tunisian feminist Amina Tyler says that she set out to highlight the issue of women’s rights when she posted topless...
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How the Graffiti Boys ignited the Syrian Revolution
By Yvonne Ridley “Ashaab yureed isqat annidham.” This phrase is ringing in the ears of tyrants and despots around the Arab world and means quite simply that the people want to bring down the regime. It...
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Notes From Damascus
Will the Al-Nusrah Front Announce an Islamic Emirate for Yarmouk Palestinian Camp? Notes From Damascus by FRANKLIN LAMB Yarmouk Camp, Damascus Perhaps the next time this observer responds to a request...
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The Damascene Jews
How Damascene Jews hope to return….. to normalcy Franklin Lamb Bab Touma Jewish Quarter, Damascus – Growing up in the small town of Milwaukie, Oregon and until after graduating from high school, I...
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The Irony of American Strategy
Putting the Middle East in Proper Perspective By Richard N. Haass May/June 2013 Closing time: a U.S. solider leaving Baghdad, December 2011 (Reuters / Lucas Jackson) The United States emerged from the...
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Zionists and Gulf Monarchs Ponder
Pushing Al Qaeda to Take on Hezbollah by FRANKLIN LAMB Beirut “This is one damn fine idea, what took us so long to see a simple solution that was right in front of our eyes for Christ’s sake”, Senator...
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Israel Will Choose Bashar Al-Asad!
When the Hummus Hits the Fan, Israel Will Choose Bashar al-Assad Over Radical Islamists By Peter Chamberlin Once again (just as in the recent US Embassy bombing in Ankara) a spectacular terrorist...
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UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion by FRANKLIN LAMB Homs, Syria It’s not hard to find critics of the Assad government in the Governorate (Muhafazat) of Homs or for that...
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Hezbollah and the Syrian Pit
by FRANKLIN LAMB Homs Province, Syria. During a tour of some of the neighborhoods in Homs, Syria’s third largest city after Aleppo and Damascus, with a pre-conflict population of approximately 800,000...
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SYRIA UPDATE: Hezbollahs victory at al-Qusayr
and Israel Lobby reel from Hezbollah al-Qusayr victory By Franklin Lamb Beirut — Although al-Qusayr may not be the decisive battle for Syria, it is Irrefutably an important turning point in the crisis...
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Arab Triangle
How the Prosperity Bubble Destroyed Arab’s Moral and Intellectual Culture Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD The Arab people live in a fantasy bubble being floated by the transitory oil revenues, controlled and...
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Syria: West to pay a price for its indulgence
The West to pay a high price for targeting the Syrian government, Security experts claim By Franklin Lamb Beirut A number of analysts and security experts who specialize in intelligence and security...
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Why Obama is Declaring War on Syria
The End of Syria as We Know It? Why Obama is Declaring War on Syria? by FRANKLIN LAMB Beirut. The short answer is Iran and Hezbollah according to Congressional sources. “The Syrian army’s victory at...
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The Irony of American Strategy
Putting the Middle East in Proper Perspective By Richard N. Haass May/June 2013 Closing time: a U.S. solider leaving Baghdad, December 2011 (Reuters / Lucas Jackson) The United States emerged from the...
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