Russia: Syria won't get Iskander for now
Months after offering Russia to deploy long-range ballistic missiles in his country, Syrian President Bashar Assad was informed this week that Moscow will not sell Iskander missile...
Two Iraqi men face trial over the murder of British aid worker Margaret Hassan
RPS Notes: Syria has become the hideout for every criminal, thug, and killer in the Middle East. Yet, there are people who still protect its leadership despite their inhumanity.
Tw...
NY jury convicts wealthy arms dealer of conspiracy
NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan jury has convicted a wealthy arms dealer of conspiri...
Barack and Dennis the Menace
Ross Remarks on Middle East Could Signal Trouble Ahead for Obama
During his maste...
Jordanian premier makes relationship-building trip to Syria
Jordanian Prime Minister Nader Dahabi flew to Damascus Thursday as part of Amman...Russia, Syria may establish joint bank
Syria is interested in establishing a joint bank with Russia with the purpose of...Barack and Dennis the Menace
Ross Remarks on Middle East Could Signal Trouble Ahead for Obama
During his masterfully executed presidential campaign, Barack Obama didn't stumble on too many i...
Syria: Dissident Is Freed After Almost 7 Years
Syria released Aref Dalila, one of the country’s most prominent dissidents, on Thursday after nearly seven years in prison. International rights groups and Pres...
UK: Miliband Should Press Syria on Rights
(London, November 16, 2008) – The UK foreign secretary, David Miliband, should use his visit to Syria to raise human rights concerns, Human Rights Watch said to...Chamoun's NLP plans to contest four seats in 2009 parliamentary polls
Politician says he expects Jumblatt to extend support
BEIRUT: Dori Chamoun and three other candidates from his National Liberal Party (NLP) will be running in th...
Syria’s Assad cooks up Mossad-Saudi-al Qaeda plot to discredit pro-Western Lebanese government
Syrian president Bashar Assad has drawn encouragement to go ahead with a drive to recover his grip on Lebanon from signals coming in from Barack Obama’s team an...
Bodies of 2 Lebanese Executed in Syria to be Handed Over to Lebanese Committee
The bodies of two Lebanese citizens "executed" in Syria after being found guilty in criminal and security cases will be handed over to the Committee in charge o...
Why Miliband's Visit is Good for The Syrian Opposition
Washington - Nov. 20, 2008 (RPS Blog - Farid Ghadry) -- Conventional wisdom dictates that an Assad rapprochement with the west will harm Syria's oppressed 2...Damascus's Deadly Bargain
Why does Syria insist on harboring terrorists?
The Bush administration has quietly authorized U.S. forces to attack Al-Qaeda bases around the Middle East--an esc...
Hackamedia Report
Once in a while, RPS reads those gems that are too irresistible not to comment on. The latest is from a very well respected, very well known, very intelligent, very well learned, very well read, very eloquent, very young, and very competent our own Syrian academic Super Professor Sami Moubayed. His latest is called: Syria Fears Deviation from Peace.
