Sarkozy needs a crash course in diplomacy. He could far worse than enrol in Damascus, writes Emad Fawzi El-Shueibi*
With an American president on one side, huffing and puffing impatiently, and a French president on the other playing at being Bush, (...)
The logic of Syrian realpolitik now seems to be paying off, writes Emad Fawzi El-Shueibi*
The Syrians have been caught in the worst tempest in their modern history. Instead of being a major player in a regional conflict, they found themselves in the (...)
Foreign pressures continue to bear down on Syria, though Damascus knows that geopolitical regional balances are on its side, writes Emad Fawzi El-Shueibi*
Washington's squeeze campaign on Damascus, set into motion since the fall of Baghdad, stemmed (...)