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11/06/2012 Article

Fire in Syria (I): Preparations on the Turkish and Lebanese Borders

Syria and the Levant region face a critical situation, armed only with uncertainty

/ Ibrahim al-Amin

Tags: Lebanon, Syria, Turkey

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Originally posted on Al-Akhbar English, 11 June 2012 Syria and the wider region are witnessing preparations for a phase that can be described as critical.

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08/06/2012 Article

Syria Crisis: Less Lebanon, More Turkey

The US wants to see Syrian opposition established on the borders with Turkey, not Lebanon

/ Nicolas Nassif

Tags: Lebanon, Syria, Turkey

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Originally posted on Al-Akhbar English, 8 June 2012 As diplomatic deadlock ensures that the conflict in Syria is set to drag on, officials say the

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24/04/2012 Article

Damascus: The Protocols of Annan’s Plan

Damascus and its interpretation of Kofi Annan’s peace plan

/ Nicolas Nassif

Tags: Diplomacy, Middle East, Syria, United Nations

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Originally posted on Al-Akhbar English, Tuesday, April 24, 2012 According to close observers, Damascus’ response to the peace plan proposed by the UN-Arab League Special

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24/04/2012 Article

Counterterrorism and the New American Exceptionalism

The rhetoric of American exceptionalism

/ Mike Vlahos

Tags: Democracy, Obama administration, War on terrorism

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Conflicts Forum would like to thank Mike Vlahos for permission to circulate this paper which will be published shortly in the Review of Faith and

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11/04/2012 Article

Stuff White People Like n.135 Humanitarian Intervention

If you want to retain white friends, you must adhere to a number of sacred rules: the stuff white people like

/ Marc Michael

Tags: Dialogue, Diplomacy, Europe, Obama administration, War on terrorism

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First published on Jadaliyya on 11 April 2012 I usually get along with white people. For starters, I grew up in a white country. Some

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02/04/2012 Article

The real Bashar Al-Assad

Away from the adulation or the vilification, the real Bashar Al Assad is the central figure that will influence the outcome of the Syrian crisis

/ Camille Otrakji

Tags: Democracy, Syria

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Originally posted on The Syria Page, 2 April 2012 Conflicts Forum would like to thank Camille Otrakji for permission to re-post this article Among the

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27/03/2012 Article

Adult Supervision From Moscow and Beijing?

Are Moscow and Beijing now providing adult supervision over Western-generated crises in the Middle East?

/ Graham E Fuller

Tags: China, Diplomacy, Iran, Russia, Syria

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Originally posted in La Vanguardia, 11 February 2012 (republished with the permission of the author) Has it come to this? Are Moscow and Beijing now

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27/03/2012 Article

Under The Threat Of War, Iranians Affirm Their Support For The Islamic Republic

Western reporting on the Islamic Republic’s parliamentary election displays little knowledge about Iran

/ Seyed Mohammad Marandi

Tags: Democracy, Iran, Media

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Article posted on www.raceforiran.com As we have discussed in multiple posts, major Western media outlets brought an agenda-driven and intellectually sloppy approach to their coverage

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09/03/2012 Article

Syria: Straining Credulity?

The UN Secretary General said he had received "grisly reports" of execution and torture from Syria. Did he really believe this; or was he just “saying it”?

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Middle East, Obama administration, Political Islam, Syria, United Nations

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Article posted on Asia Times Online, 09 March 2012 The UN Secretary General was reported on March 3 saying that he had received “grisly reports”

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