Syria Censorship at AOL-Huffington Post?

By Sharmine Narwani Let me be clear that this blogpost is not about sour grapes. But the media cacophony on Continue reading →

Questioning the Syrian “Casualty List”

By Sharmine Narwani “Perception is 100 percent of politics,” the old adage goes. Say something three, five, seven times, and Continue reading →

High-Tech Trickery in Homs?

What was surely meant to be a clever display of media-friendly visuals to illustrate Syrian regime violence in Homs, has Continue reading →

Veteran US Diplomat Questions Syria Storyline

By Sharmine Narwani The problem with US policy in the Middle East is that it now operates almost entirely at Continue reading →

Syria is Not Tunisia or Libya

By Sharmine Narwani – The New York Times, February 6, 2012 Commentators on the Arab Awakening sometimes make the mistake Continue reading →

Foolishly Ignoring the Arab League Report on Syria

By Sharmine Narwani On December 19, 2011 the Syrian Arab Republic and the Arab League signed a protocol establishing an Continue reading →

Syrian Snaphot: A View From The Capital

By Sharmine Narwani January 2012: Crossing over the Lebanese border into Syria was anticlimactic. The lines of people waiting to Continue reading →

Stratfor Challenges Narratives on Syria

By Sharmine Narwani Since the first public protests broke out in Syria last March, the narratives about the Syrian crisis Continue reading →