by Asharq Al-Awsat Taha Abdul Wahed, Michel Abu Najm, Abdul Sattar Hatita | Oct 23, 2016 | Country Brief
Moscow, Paris, Tripoli, Cairo – The Arab Spring and the developments that have followed it have highlighted a clear inclination in Moscow toward the dedication of Russia’s strategic and political presence in the Mediterranean, benefiting from the politic of...
by Youssef Diab | Apr 27, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut- 11 years have passed since the Syrian Army cleared Lebanese grounds as a result to the “Intifada of Independence” which was launched on 14 March 2005 and was triggered by the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. The “Intifada”...
by Michel Kilo | Mar 11, 2013 | Opinion
Various news reports have been leaked over the past few weeks about new weapons reaching the Free Syrian Army (FSA). As has already been said, these are not going to fully bridge the gap between the Assad regime’s forces and those fighting against them, but they can...
by Alex Edwards | Feb 28, 2013 | Media
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A UK-based blogger is playing a surprisingly large role in shaping the world’s coverage of the conflict in Syria, though physically far removed from the conflict and viewing it primarily through YouTube videos. Eliot Higgins, who maintains the...
