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“Our Enemies Aim At The Destruction Of The Arab Identity”

by Bashar al-Assad

15 June 2005

Since the last congress of the Baath Party, held in the year 2000, many important political developments have occurred in the world that have made the Arabs reflect about their ideas and convictions. This has plunged us into a state of uncertainty and confusion for it has taken place amidst a (…)

Rewriting the Ba’ath Congress

by Voltaire Network

15 June 2005

The congress of the Syrian Ba’ath Party was opened in Damascus and should be characterized by the adoption of new measures to gradually open the regime. However, the press dedicated few pages to analyse this matter. The opinions are more determined by the need of justifying the forthcoming (…)

“Bush’s Warning to Turkey Was Stupid”

by Philip Robins

3 May 2005

In handling the Turkish President’s visit to Syria, the Bush administration went way too far and forgot that the management of the relation with Turkey was 80% representative. However, the visit to Syria was not at all determining and seemed to be purely formal. It was about the answer to Bachar (…)

“Syria loves Ankara, but will the relationship last?”

by Emile el-Hokayem, Omer Taspinar, Peter Piot

3 May 2005

In 1998, Turkey was gathering its troops at the border with Syria so that the latter’s help to the PKK would cease in the Turkish Kurdistan . This threat led Damascus to expel Oçalan, who was later arrested in Nairobi. Those were the beautiful days of Turkey-Israel-U.S. co-operation. Today, (…)

Unplanned obstacle

The missiles that Russia sold to Syria

by Viktor Litovkine

21 February 2005

General Ariel Sharon voiced his concerns, during a press conference on february 15, about the sale of Russian missiles to Syria. While still occupying the farms of southern Lebanon and the Syrian Golan, Israel fears that these weapons may be partly purchased by the Hizbullah resistance movement, (…)

Bush: The 2005 State of the Union Address

The United States Threaten Syria and Iran

by Paul Labarique

7 February 2005

Every speech made by President Bush gets the United States closer and closer to the Orwellian language. The 2005 State of the Union address was another occasion for new aggressive statements, for a new re-writing of History with a significant melodramatic staging. As a backdrop, Mr. Bush first (…)

Executive Order 13338 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 11 May 2004

Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency
Economic Powers (…)

"Pre-emptive wars"

Syria: an Imperialist Military Target

by Paul Labarique

27 January 2004

Indifferent to Colin Powell’s opposition, the "hawks" prepare the next stage to reshape the Middle East: the "liberation" of Lebanon and an attack on Syria. They are already preparing the indictment file to justify such operations with the same rhetoric they used for Iraq: supporting (…)

Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 12 December 2003

Public Law 108–175 108th Congress An Act
To halt Syrian support for terrorism, end its occupation of Lebanon, and stop
its development of weapons of mass destruction, and by so doing hold Syria
accountable for the serious international security problems it has caused in the
Middle East, and (…)

Michel Aoun Testimony, House Subcomittee on International Relations

by Général Michel Aoun

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 17 September 2003

Madame Chairwoman. Honorable Members,
It is an honor for me to bring you the voice of the Lebanese people; a people longing for freedom and suffering under occupation. I have come here today to convey their gratitude for your initiative in introducing the Syria Accountability and Lebanese (…)

Ending Syria’s Occupation of Lebanon: The U.S. Role

by Lebanon Study Group

1 May 2000

FOREWORD
The Syrian occupation of Lebanon began nearly a quarter-century ago; its implications continue adversely to affect what is the world’s only satellite state. At the same time, Lebanon policy has atrophied in Washington.
When Syria imposed itself on its western neighbor in 1975, (…)

The Adana Security Agreement

20 October 1998

In light of the messages conveyed on behalf of Syria by the President of the ArabRepublic of Egypt, H.E.Mr. Hosni Mubarak and by the Iranian Foreign Minister H.E.Mr. Kamal Kharrazi on behalf of the Iranian President H.E.Mr. Seyid Mohammed Khatemi and by the Foreign Minister of the Arab Republic (…)

UN Security Council Resolution 338

New York (USA) | 22 October 1973

The Security Council,
1. Calls upon all parties to the present fighting to cease all firing and terminate all military activity immediately, no later than 12 hours after the moment of the adoption of this decision, in the positions they now occupy;
2. Calls upon the parties concerned to (…)

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