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19 JUL 21 :: 28 OCT 19 :: discreetly showing his visitors a photo of a dead Gaddafi and maybe he dwelled a little on the bottle and then a Photo of a spritely Bashar Assad |
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19 JUL 21 :: Syrian President Bashar Assad was sworn in during a solemn ceremony in Damascus on Saturday, almost two months after winning the May election by a landslide. @SputnikInt |
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17 JUN 21 :: & then a Photo of a spritely Bashar Assad and would surely not even have had to ask the question; what’s the difference? |
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2 JUN 21 :: An appalling cascade of atrocities with no end in sight. @thetimes view on the tragedy in Tigray | Comment | |
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27 MAY 21 :: Bashar al-Assad casts vote in the Syrian presidential elections in the city of Douma @Dannymakkisyria |
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27 MAY 21 :: From Russia With Love |
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27 MAY 21 :: Russia says it can now operate nuclear capable bombers from Syrian air base @Reuters |
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4 MAY 21 :: 28 OCT 19 :: From Russia with Love |
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30 APR 21 :: The ISIS Beat | Why Caliphate and Everyone Else Got It Wrong @thedrift_mag @rozina_ali |
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12 FEB 21 :: Arab Spring Showed Autocracy is Anything But Stable @bopinion |
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18 DEC 20 :: How autocracies endure The Arab uprising fuelled hopes of sweeping change. Three books explore why that did not happen as expected @FT |
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11 SEP 20 :: Russia’s involvement in Africa is growing, and it is multifaceted. @RUSI_org @SamRamani2 |
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29 JUL 20 :: 5 OCT 15 :: Putin is a GeoPolitical GrandMaster |
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15 JUN 20 :: A DEAD INFORMANT, AN UNTRUSTWORTHY ALLY: HOW A U.S. OPERATION TO SNARE RWANDAN GENOCIDE FUGITIVE FÉLICIEN KABUGA WENT AWRY @VanityFair |
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11 MAR 20 :: How Turkey Lost A Battle Of Wills, And Force, To Russia |
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25 FEB 20 :: It is hard to see where Ankara goes with February deadline while Assad forces capture numbers of villages in a day in Idlib and wounding, killing Turkish soldiers with Russian involvement @ragipsoylu |
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13 FEB 20 :: #Assad FM slams #Erdogan's statement that #Turkey will strike #Syria regime forces "anywhere" calls RTErdogan's threats "empty words" says Turkish President "detached from reality" @SaadAbedine |
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13 JAN 20 :: Mohammed bin Zayed @MohamedBinZayed Dark Vision of the Middle East's Future @nytimes A |
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9 JAN 20 :: Assad and Putin visit the 2,000-year old Mariamite Cathedral of Damascus, one of the oldest churches in all of Syria. @sahouraxo |
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9 JAN 20 :: Video taken on Tues shows Russian President Vladimir #Putin trotting toward Syrian President #Bashar al-Assad and giving him a hug during his surprise visit to #Syria @globaltimesnews |
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