The September crisis over Idlib was brought to a conclusion by the Russian Turkish agreement to create a partially demilitarised border strip. This should have been implemented by 16 October but hasn’t….
Category: Syriana Analysis
Peter Ford challenges BBC over its latest Syria chemical weapons report
The Panorama/BBC Arabic programme on Syria purports to be based on serious research but the research is disgracefully shoddy and biased. The programme is an unadulterated transparent piece of propaganda, not surprisingly…
Opinion | Kevin Smith: Evacuation of the White Helmets between reality and fantasy
The reality I was recently reading about the evacuation of White Helmets Al Qaeda linked operatives from Southern Syria. I think there was a feature on the great 21st Century Wire which…
Opinion | Kevin Smith: From El Alamein to Al-Qaeda & White Helmets
A view from the UK It’s fascinating comparing and contrasting tactics in warfare – and how propaganda has evolved since World War Two from the crude to the subtle. The Magic…
Opinion | Hanaa Mustafa: Colonialists as saviors: Pretexts for Intervention
The Levant and other parts of the Arab world have long been subjected to foreign intervention. The word “intervention” is, in fact, a euphemism since it was often accompanied with military actions….
Opinion | Bouthaina Shabaan: Another Transitional Phase in Syria
With every success achieved by the Syrian army and its allies in Syria, and with every opportunity to end the war on Syria and return every inch of the country under the…
Syria condemns the assassination of President Alexander Zakharchenko
Syria condemned in strongest terms the terrorist act which led to the assassination of President of Donetsk People’s Republic Alexander Zakharchenko, affirming that it is a coward act that poses threat to security…
Details of secret Syrian-American security meeting in Damascus
Wafik Kanso, originally appeared at Al-Akhbar website 28 August 2018 On one of the nights of the last week of last June, the Syrian security forces imposed strict measures inside and around Damascus…
SAA officer: I want my daughter to know Russia gave us hands when almost no one else did
It was dawn, and I was waiting with my daughter Selena outside for a relative to arrive at Hmemim military airport in Latakia when a line of clean Russian armoured vehicles and…
Opinion | Peter Ford: The Road to Idlib and Beyond: Where next for Syria?
With military operations in the South virtually over, attention inevitably turns to the North and specifically to Idlib province, the last major redoubt of the armed opposition to the Syrian government. A…