Please, Ambassador Ford. Name me a “moderate” Syrian rebel

Former US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford said in an interview yesterday to PBS Newshour: “We need – and we Continue reading →

Syria: The Hidden Massacre

(Read this article in Arabic, Turkish or Albanian). The attack took place shortly after the first stirrings of trouble in the southern Continue reading →

Interview: ‘Christians and Muslims share same fate in Syria’

Here’s my interview on the plight of the Christian minority inside Syria today, conducted by Mediamax’s Narine Daneghyan in Armenia. Continue reading →

There is no ‘middle’ in the Middle East today (Interview)

I was recently interviewed by a new European online publication called we-magazine that has rolled out an issue on the Continue reading →

“Security Arc” forms amidst Mideast terror

Read this article in Arabic and Italian. Many observers are correct in noting that the Middle East is undergoing yet another 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 →

Mother Agnes Mariam: In Her Own Words

American national security journalist Jeremy Scahill and leftist British columnist Owen Jones announced recently that they would not share a Continue reading →

Deal or No Deal, Iran’s Stock Keeps Rising

The recent high-drama nuclear negotiations in Geneva were riveting, to be sure. Old foes shuttled between conference rooms, chatted amiably Continue reading →