In Damascus, IS, FSA and al Nusra Compete for Dwindling Support
In some of Damascus neighborhoods there are few families’ left—only fighters. But in others, residents are trickling back in despite the danger.
Read MoreFranklin Lamb’s most recent book, Syria’s Endangered Heritage, An international Responsibility to Protect and Preserve, is in production by Orontes River Publishing, Hama, Syrian Arab Republic. Inquires c/o orontesriverpublishing@gmail.com. The author is reachable c/o fplamb@gmail.com.
Posted by Franklin Lamb | Sep 26, 2014 | Middle East, News & Analysis |
In some of Damascus neighborhoods there are few families’ left—only fighters. But in others, residents are trickling back in despite the danger.
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What can and must be done is to organize a Hospital Ship flotilla to break the siege of Gaza.
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This region and increasingly the global community as a whole is planning for a post-Zionist Middle East and how best to achieve it without more suffering.
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Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are denied the most elementary right to apply for a job in more than fifty professions.
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An Islamic State invasion of Lebanon, along the lines of what it achieved in northwest Iraq, is looking increasingly likely.
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Syria and her hardworking public servants will survive these political sanctions, but the sanctions likely will remain an indelible stain on the EU.
Read MorePosted by Franklin Lamb | Jun 30, 2014 | Middle East, News & Analysis |
Militias are growing in the camps but it’s difficult to calculate just how fast because camp residents know many outside intelligence agents live among them.
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Time will reveal if DAASH (or ISIS) achieves one or both of its objectives.
Read MorePosted by Franklin Lamb | Jun 17, 2014 | Culture, Middle East |
It was an urgent message concerning a destroyed mosaic—an artifact dating back to the Byzantine era…
Read MorePosted by Franklin Lamb | Jun 6, 2014 | Middle East, News & Analysis |
The saga, briefly told, has to do with the fact that the war in Syria has forced into Lebanon between 1.2 million and 2 million Syrian refugees
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