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If There Is No Plan B for Syria, How About a Plan C?

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.29.2012

Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Administration officials keep gravitating to the simplistic assertion that when it comes to Syria, there is no Plan B since Plan B may compel direct military intervention. But I can drive a ten-wheeler between existing U.S. policy and putting boots on Syrian ground.

Thousands Hit The Streets In Aleppo

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 05.19.2012

BEIRUT — Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising anti-regime sentimen...

Explosion Rocks Syria's Largest City

Reuters | Posted 05.12.2012

BEIRUT, May 11 (Reuters) - An explosion hit Syria's northern city of Aleppo on Friday, close to the ruling party headquarters, the Syrian Observator...

Regime Claims It Foils New Bomb Attack

Reuters | Posted 05.12.2012

By Dominic Evans BEIRUT, May 11 (Reuters) - Syrian forces foiled an attempted suicide car bombing with 1,200 kg (2,640 pounds) of exp...

Army Opens Fire On Protesters

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

By Mariam Karouny DAMASCUS, May 4 (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed at least five people on Friday when they fired at demonstrations ca...

Tens Of Thousands Protest In Syria's Largest City

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 05.05.2012

BEIRUT — Syrian forces fired on thousands of protesters Friday in Aleppo, killing a teenager, after a raid on dormitories at the city's main uni...

Syria Uprising: Car Bomb Rocks Aleppo, Police Crush Damascus Protest

Reuters | Posted 05.18.2012

By Erika Solomon and Laila Bassam BEIRUT, March 18 (Reuters) - A car bomb hit Syria's second city Aleppo on Sunday, a day after blasts...

Two Bombs Hit Security Headquarters In Syria's Aleppo

AP | ALBERT AJI and LEE KEATH | Posted 04.11.2012

ALEPPO, Syria — Two suicide car bombers struck security compounds in Aleppo on Friday, killing 28 people, Syrian officials said, bringing signif...

There Will Be No Civil War in Syria

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 11.08.2011

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

In Syria, there are no symptoms of civil war, only state brutality against peaceful protesters. Suggesting otherwise only helps justify such brutality and doubt the intentions of the protesters, even before these get a day in the sun without fear from Assad's repression.

Syria: Better Late Than Never or Too Little Too Late

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 10.15.2011

Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Fortunately, after agonizing weeks of crippling and damaging hesitation, the Obama Administration finally dragged itself out of its self-imposed policy coma into championing global sanctions of Syria's oil and gas industry exports.

Iran's Proxy War in Syria Is Shoring Up Assad

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.26.2011

Amb. Marc Ginsberg

If the current trajectory of Syrian street protests continue at their current, bloody pace, last Friday may be remembered as the epic day Syria's Assad dictatorial dynasty began a fateful, accelerating process of unraveling.

Was Friday a Turning Point for Syria?

James Miller | Posted 09.23.2011

James Miller

In Syria, there were massive demonstrations in every major region and in every major city.

The King's Speech Vs. The Dictator's Deceit

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 08.20.2011

Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Judging by the context and content of the national addresses delivered within hours of each other this weekend, Morocco's King Mohammed and Syria's Bashar Al Assad could not be farther apart from each other.

Syria-Sly Mr. President, Turn the Heat Up on Assad

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 06.10.2011

Amb. Marc Ginsberg

If Obama could declare it was time for Gaddafi and Mubarak to go, the latest violence throughout Syria compels the White House to issue the same demand on Assad, with policy prescriptions to back that demand up.

Why Syria's Assad Regime Will Fall

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

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...

My Book Tour Ends: An Overview

Michael Luongo | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Luongo

The final stop of my book tour for Gay Travels in the Muslim World was to visit Aleppo's souq, the largest covered market in the Middle East.