Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev after being awarded an honorary Doctorate from Nazarbayev University in Astana. ©AFP With Russia in Middle East, China Claims Central Asia By Zachary Keck, The Diplomat, October 2, 2013 Russia’s Middle East policy is all the rage these days. An article in the Washington Post on Tuesday notes […]
Tag Archives: Bashar al Assad
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Revoluciones de diseño
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Hoy toca, todos de naranja: La Revolución Naranja en Ucrania, 2005. Si usted recurre a la movilización social tirando de imagen de marca, a base de logo, camisetas de colores, coreografías, y contenidos ideológicos no sociales, como si estuviera lanzando un producto comercial, sepa que pueden acusarle de estar inspirado u organizado por algunos de […]
septiembre
22
Desde Turquía a Kenia, pasando por Siria, Irak, Yemen y Somalia
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Agentes de la GSU keniata acceden al interior del centro comercial Westgate en Nairobi, tomado por un comando de las milicias yihadistas somalíes Al Shabab. En primer plano, una víctima del asalto terrorista Desde Turquía a Kenia, pasando por Siria, Irak, Yemen y Somalia En cuestión de pocos días, casi horas, han tenido lugar varios […]
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Turkey’s Influence Divides Yemenis
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and Yemeni Prime Minister Mohammed Basindowa cut the red ribbon to inaugurate the Turkish International School in Sana’a. Turkey’s Influence Divides Yemenis Farea al-Muslimi, Al-Monitor, September 13, 2013 From the Sabaha region, which overlooks Sanaa from the west and constitutes a vital outlet to the port of Al-Hudaydah on the […]
Most powerful factions in Syria (June 2013)
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Freedom fighters? Cannibals? The truth about Syria’s rebels The US wants to send them arms, Vladimir Putin says they’re cannibals – but what do we really know about the opposition movement fighting to topple Assad? Syria expert Aron Lund profiles some of the most powerful factions ARON LUND, The Independent, 17 June 2013 Battlefield alliances: […]
PYD denuncia que Turquía colabora con Al Nusra en ataques a kurdos de Siria
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Combatiente del YPG, brazo armado del PYD. En el pecho luce el emblema del YPG: un triángulo amarillo con una estrella roja y la leyenda: Yekîneyên Parastina Gel (Unidades de Protección Popular). Fotografía: Jack Hill. Publicada el 29 de abril de 2013, en The Times PYD denuncia que Turquía colabora con Al Nusra en ataques a […]
Gulf Islamist Dissent Over Egypt
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Islamist Dissent Over Egypt Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy, August 18, 2013 King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia issued an unusually rapid and strong endorsement of the Egyptian military crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood’s sit-ins, calling on all Arabs to unite behind a crackdown on terrorism, incitement, and disorder. Bahrain, the UAE, and Kuwait rapidly backed his stance. But […]
Syria: disillusioned rebels drift back to take Assad amnesty
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Syrian Minister Ali Haidar during an interview with Al-Akhbar:«Both Sides Have Extremists» –– (Photo: Haitham Moussawi). Syrian National Reconciliation Minister Ali Haidar who is also the President of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), maintains that he “joined a project and not a ministry” (July 2012) Syria: disillusioned rebels drift back to take Assad amnesty Hundreds of men […]
Flash Point in the Eastern Mediterranean
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The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) transits the Suez Canal.- Navy Live Flash Point in the Eastern Mediterranean Will conflict in the Middle East trigger the next great power war? James Stavridis, Foreign Policy, July 19, 2013 This is not a new crisis. The Greek poet Constantine Cavafy lived and wrote in Egypt a […]
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Should the Use of Chemical Weapons Prompt a US Attack in Syria?
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DaDan Barkley Obama and Kerry and the War in Syria, by Dag Barkley, April 9, 2013 If it is Determined that the Assad Regime Used Chemical Weapons Against Civilians, Should the United States and its Allies Attack Syria? Posted by Matthew Barber on Monday, August 26th, 2013 In answer to this question, Joshua Landis and […]