Syrian Students Condemn American Led Sanctions Currently Inflating Food Prices
It appears that the US led sanctions imposed on the civilian population of Syria is having the opposite effect of what their cynical architects intended.
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Posted by Franklin Lamb | Dec 15, 2012 | Middle East, News & Analysis, US |
It appears that the US led sanctions imposed on the civilian population of Syria is having the opposite effect of what their cynical architects intended.
Read MorePosted by Franklin Lamb | Dec 11, 2012 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Palestine |
It is to be hoped that the Lebanese politicians who visited Gaza last month might be inspired to give Palestinians in Lebanon a reason for hope.
Read MorePosted by Franklin Lamb | Dec 1, 2012 | News & Analysis, Palestine, US |
With more access to the United Nations system, Palestinians have gained a major political and legal framework from which to work.
Read MorePosted by Franklin Lamb | Nov 26, 2012 | Middle East, Palestine, Viewpoints |
If achieved, history will forever record that it was the 2012 victory in Gaza that substantially liberated their fellow refugees in Lebanon by granting these elementary rights.
Read MorePosted by Franklin Lamb | Nov 24, 2012 | Culture, Middle East, Palestine, US |
As the culture and the era of resistance spreads internationally, Christianity and Islam are solidifying in certain of their beliefs and their applications of the lessons from Karbala and Calvary to obtain social justice.
Read MorePosted by Franklin Lamb | Nov 14, 2012 | Middle East, News & Analysis |
As the Syrian crisis has continued beyond most early predictions, this observer learned something about the Syrian people’s great concern for their countrymen wherever they are found and whatever their current condition.
Read MorePosted by Franklin Lamb | Nov 5, 2012 | Asia Pacific, Middle East, News & Analysis, Palestine, US |
It’s time for the international community to end the Syrian crisis diplomatically, stop funneling arms and cash fueling hoped for regime change elements.
Read MorePosted by Franklin Lamb | Oct 25, 2012 | Middle East, News & Analysis |
International peace envoy Lakhdar Mr Brahimi, who represents the UN and the Arab League, just left Damascus after urging the government and the rebels to observe a 4-day truce over the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.
Read MorePosted by Franklin Lamb | Oct 22, 2012 | Middle East, News & Analysis, US |
In discussions with officials as well as a rough cross-section of the citizenry of Damascus, including shoppers and clerks at a central Damascus supermarket, as well as students, it is possible to get a fairly good idea how the Western imposed sanctions are affecting families here.
Read MorePosted by Franklin Lamb | Oct 15, 2012 | Middle East, News & Analysis |
Against this backdrop of Parliamentary paralysis, more Lebanese women than ever before are getting organized to participate in next year’s Parliamentary elections.
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