Is Syria Not Part of the Belt and Road? Then Why Is Washington Withdrawing?
Commenting on an article in Kassioun’s last issue, a friend asked me: “You link US withdrawal from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Middle East in general, to the US’ effort to concentrate forces in confronting China. But aren't these areas, from w…
Regarding the Chinese-Russian “Contradiction” in Syria
Since the Chinese Foreign Minister’s visit to Syria on the 17th of this month until this moment, the torrent of bizarre “political analyses” has not stopped, punctuated by a lot of innuendos, insinuations, and clever allusions, most of which add to…
A Raucous Withdrawal and Another Abrupt One... and The Goal is The Same
Perhaps one of the most important news of the past week regarding the Eastern Mediterranean, is what the Wall Street Journal reported from US officials about “a US-Iraqi agreement on the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq at the end of this year”, on…
Without Political Settlement; “No Economy” and “No Syria”.
The Syrian economic situation is controlled by politics with all its details and daily events, and it is shackled with high obstaces that can not be surpassed through half solutions but only through a comprehensive political settlement which reconst…
Bread and Energy; $3 Billion. Larger than the Remains of the State Apparatus.
Energy and Bread; there is perhaps nothing that intensifies the material and economic essentials of any social structure more than these two components. Bread is enough for survival, and energy is necessary for moving forward and for work. The abund…
Withdrawal from Hell and What Follows!
It was not in vain that US Army General Andersen called Afghanistan “hell” in 2014 when commenting on the predicament of the US army there.
US Withdrawal from Syria: When and How?
If we put aside the different classifications and look at one issue: where are American troops located within the countries of the region called the “Middle East”, then we will see that American troops are present in almost all of those countries. T…
Which Type of Violence is the Most Dangerous in Syria Today?
Although ten years have passed, “violence” in its various forms is still the most prominent headline in describing what is happening against the Syrian people, though that violence has taken different forms during the past ten years, and it has been…
“There is no Opposition in Regime Areas”… The Opposition is Only That One We Name for You!
In many past articles we have discussed the saying the People’s Will Party has adopted since nearly 2005 (at the time the party was the National Committee for the Unity of the Syrian Communists), that about illusory dualisms. Some of the clearer exa…
The Difference between the New Aid for Syria Resolution and the Previous Ones
On Friday, July 9, 2021, the UN Security Council adopted unanimously a resolution, UNSC Resolution 2585, on the delivery of humanitarian aid into Syria through border crossings and “to all parts of Syria without discrimination”.
