The Alawites of Syria, Caught in the Death Corridor
Nidal Ayoub 11/03 15:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Finally, my phone rings. From the depths of the device come harsh, lifeless words—like the bodies piled in the morgues of Jableh, choking the air on the roads of Latakia, or swallowed by yawning pits. Barely are these words spoken, barely written, when a distant, frantic finger on the other end of the line, in Syria, erases them. I ...
All (Diplomatic) Roads Lead to Damascus…
Nidal Ayoub 2024-12-17 19:16 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Syria HTS USA European Union Qatar Turkey
This influx appears oddly under the auspices of all the imaginable paradoxes that Syria embodies: international sanctions, foreign interferences (Turkish interventions, Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights, etc.), and not least, the fact that talks are being held with the ruling coalition of rebels now in power, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham ...
Ceasefire Monitoring Committee: An "Enhanced Complaint Bureau"
Nidal Ayoub 2024-12-04 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Amos Hochstein Ceasefire Hezbollah Israel Lebanese Army
This international monitoring committee has not yet been formed, yet the violations of the ceasefire cast doubt on the rationale for its establishment and the validity of its functioning, especially as many fear a resumption of confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel. However, contrary to the wishes of many Lebanese, it is not within the ...