Mideast Peacemaking is No Longer Made-in-America

Read this article in Indonesian. As 2017 comes to a close, the warring parties in Syria are moving towards reconciliation—but Continue reading →

Israel’s Mideast reality check

Read this article in French, Arabic and Portuguese. Tel Aviv has had a bad few weeks. A once favorable regional balance Continue reading →

Will Geneva lead right back to Assad’s 2011 reforms?

Originally published at RT on February 10, 2016 Syrian peace talks have already stalled. The opposition refused to be in the Continue reading →

Breaking international law in Syria

This article was first published on November 25, 2015 on Russia Today. The war drums are getting louder in the Continue reading →

Rinse and repeat: 82 new US-trained Syrians prepare for fight

A US military source has revealed in private conversation that the US-led Coalition formed to target the Islamic State (IS) Continue reading →

The Myth of Assad, ISIL and Extremism

Translated into Turkish here. It is difficult to find US officials directly claiming that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in league with the Continue reading →

‘Delegitimizing’ Syria’s Election

Of course these Syrian presidential elections must be the “parody” and “farce” that western officials and media are relentlessly claiming. Continue reading →

Syria: The Road Behind, The Path Ahead (Interview)

I relocated to the Mideast two years ago because I thought there was a need to break through deafening western-constructed Continue reading →