Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | yesterday
At a meeting in Paris with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that he is only willing to 'negotiate' with Israel if he is guaranteed in advance that the 'negotiations' would lead to Israel giving the entire Golan Heights to Syria. Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Sarkozy that he wished to negotiate with the Syrians without
Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Neo-conservative bible The Weekly Standard ran this curious story last week and, if true, highlights a sad reality of the Middle East; lies, delusion and outright bigotry: With his new film Tetro billed to open Beirut’s recent International Film Festival, Francis Ford Coppola was diverted from landing in the Lebanese capital when it was learned that [...]
National Review Online (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
T he liberal writ was that a strutting “bring ’em on” George W. Bush for eight years did what he pleased on the international scene. His “unilateral” America supposedly did not consult with either allies or international organizations, as he rammed through democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan. President Bush’s “my way or the highway” personal credo resulted...
Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Palestinian sources report that on November 12, Qatar and Syria persuaded the committee monitoring the Arab peace initiative not to accuse Hamas of thwarting the Palestinian reconciliation agreement, and asked to invite Hamas representatives to a ... November 17, 2009, 10:52 am
SyriaComment (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy greets Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad at the Elysee Palace in Paris November 13, 2009. [Landis analysis] France is getting ahead of the US and Israel in championing Syria and possible peace with Israel. Feltman says US differences with Syria are “profound.” This is the same language I have heard from the Syrians. [...]
Foreign Policy Watch (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Consider me a critic of the talk that France might play the role of mediator in a renewed round of Syrian-Israeli peace negotiations. Coming on the heels of supportive comments to this effect from Netanyahu, who stated on Sunday his interest in French -- rather than Turkish -- mediation, and a successful visit to Paris by Syria's Bashar Al-Assad, the AP reports today that Sarkozy has expressed his...
Boker tov, Boulder! (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Here's Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a year and a half ago, as per the Guardian: Assad told Qatar's al-Watan newspaper that .... there would be no secret talks with Israel. Instead, the preliminary stages of talks would be held with Turkey as a go-between. He suggested there would be no direct negotiations with the Jewish state until a new US president takes office. Assad said the US was the only...
Tongil Korea NEt (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Pyongyang, November 15 (KCNA) — General Secretary Kim Jong Il, Sunday sent a message of greetings to Bashar Al-Assad, President of Syria who doubles as regional secretary of the Arab Baath Socialist Party, on the occasion of the 39th anniversary of the corrective movement in Syria. The...
Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad isn't interested in 'negotiating' with Israel anymore. "It would be wrong to think that peace will come through negotiating. It will come through resistance," Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a speech Wednesday - a sharp shift in tone for a head of state who, just a year ago, was in indirect peace talks with neighboring Israel and who has tried to warm...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday in the government's weekly cabinet meeting that Israel is ready to renew peace negotiations with Syria. However, he expressed opposition to Turkey acting as a mediator in those talks, ...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Nicolas Sarkozy the French president will on Tuesday begin his third visit to the oil and cashrich Gulf this year as he seeks business deals and contracts that would capitalise on widespread disillusionment with America and Britain in the Middle East.
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Syrian president received Catholicos of All Armenians His Holiness Karekin II.
GrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnD (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
As previously previewd by super savvy cats like Yosef Bodansky and Michael Baer , Persia's hot wicked desires to estab a kinda, sorta shia crescent from Iran to the Red and Med seas is tough to dispute, though a few still try . While the northern horn of the crescent seems well known - Moktada al Sadr's mulitple attempts with Mahdi Army (or JAM, or 'Special Groups" ) in Iraq to Dr General President...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday expressed his disappointment over Israel's lack of real interest in the Middle East peace process, after having talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris. The peace process "can't be restarted with only one side," said Assad at a joint press conference with Sarkozy, criticizing Israel for being short of sincerity. "Syria...
France24 (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
In an exclusive interview with France 2 television while in Paris, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad discusses his relations with French president Nicolas Sarkozy, the stalled Middle East peace process, and Iran's nuclear ambitions.
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