The Syrian regime is getting increasingly desperate and with that comes dubious reports about Bashar Assad's last resort: a regional conflict, involving Iran, Hezbollah, Turkey, NATO and, of course, Israel.
The Syrian regime is getting increasingly desperate and with that comes dubious reports about Bashar Assad's last resort: a regional conflict, involving Iran, Hezbollah, Turkey, NATO and, of course, Israel.
How long will public opinion accept to watch peaceful crowds murdered by tanks, helicopters and snipers? Neither Bashar Assad nor his supporters should receive any moral or diplomatic immunity: a crime is a crime and to turn a blind eye is no longer an option.
As the Syrian regime loses its grip over large parts of the country, the age old Kurdish question seems to get back to the limelight.
According to eyewitnesses, Syrian-American blogger Amina Arraf was abducted and physically assaulted by three armed men in Damascus, Syria, Monday.
In yet another incredibly dangerous turn in the Middle East, "liberal interventionists" are once again joining forces with "hawkish" neoconservative voices to advocate for the collapse of the Syrian regime.
Focusing on whether or not Assad is a reformer is increasingly irrelevant. Syria has been shown to possess a paper dictator whose pleas have collapsed alongside the country's economy.
Rule number one of a Praetorian State such as Syria is complete unity of the armed forces, which are the regime's main tool of oppression. It is in this light that the unthinkable may be happening for Bashar Assad.
Things are changing fast in Syria and they lead to an important question: can the besieged Bashar Assad continue to rely on the communal support of the Alawites in his armed forces?
No, this isn't a bad joke. The very same Syria that today is mowing down its own people in the streets could well be elected a member of the UN Human Rights Council on May 20th.
Assad's Syrian regime will not be brought down immediately, but the end is in sight and it is about time to assess possible implications with regard to three of Syria's immediate neighbors and Iran.
In Syria, with all its ethnic and religious diversity, people are pouring to the streets not for sectarian reasons, but for the recognition of their freedom and common human rights.
The situation is fluid in many Middle East countries, but one important interim conclusion is coming to the open, and it is positive: The Islamic Republic is not emerging victorious as the sectarian Sunni-Shiite schism seems to have a growing impact.
When it comes to Barack Obama, political zoologists remain undecided whether he is a new kind of political animal and if his foreign policy represents a unique departure from the same old, same old.
War should be a last resort. In Libya, President Obama has made it his first choice.
It seems that time is running out for Syrian President Bashar Assad, and with it also the self-denial about what really is happening in the country that has always prided itself as the Heart of Arabism.
Syria is on the verge of a catastrophic water crisis, caused by years of drought and total neglect by the government of the water sources. This is a time-bomb that is waiting to explode.
This has been beyond the wildest of dreams, but the regime of Syria's Bashar Assad will probably fall. Compared to other Arab autocrats, the Assad re...
While most world attention is focused on Libya and Saudi Arabia, things are also happening in Syria, where Bashar Assad is one of the few leaders in the international community who has not condemned Muammar Gaddafi.
Why is the West Bank quiet? While the Middle East continues to be in turmoil, this one region maintains an amazing degree of tranquility.
We take billionaire financier George Soros up the bet he proffered to CNN's Fareed Zakaria this week that "the Iranian regime will not be there in a year's time."
There needs to be a concerted, untiring struggle for change to see an actual revolution. The Egyptian military will use the protester fatigue in its favor and the Bahrain royalty will employ the sectarian divide to cement its rule.