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January 24, 2014

The goals behind intervention in Syria

Syria’s apparent use of chemical weapons provides a good excuse for an American-Western military intervention in Syria. If the West was driven by the immorality of killing on a...

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January 24, 2014

Forget the red lines and political egos; we need to save lives

I am a peace activist but at the moment one wrestling with her conscience because, in truth, if someone gave me a gun and Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad strolled...

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January 24, 2014

Threats to Syria are Israeli words spoken by Western tongues

Since America became the leader of the “free world”, interference in the independence and sovereignty of nation states around the globe has become a permanent fixture of US foreign...

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January 24, 2014

Against Assad and against U.S. led attack

Visiting Aleppo in late July was one of the most horrendous journeys I have ever undertaken. Travelling in a convoy of 30 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid, my initial...

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January 24, 2014

Thousands of Syrian children forced into Jordan's labour market

Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled the crisis in their war-ravaged homeland, leaving behind family, friends and their livelihoods. Escaping with little more than the clothes on...

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January 24, 2014

Syrians want rid of President Assad, but without US bombs

There’s little trust in America’s motives, and an airstrike would not stop the brutal slaughter of civilians. Far better to help the rebels directly The Arab world has longed...

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January 24, 2014

On Egypt's politicised judiciary

As the eyes of the world turn to Syria, the Egyptian crisis is continuing. This week, it was announced that deposed president Mohammed Morsi and 14 of his Muslim...

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January 24, 2014

Apartheid relived: Israeli laws conjure-up uncomfortable memories of South Africa

On Jerusalem Day, which commemorates the illegal annexation of East Jerusalem to Israel, a young Jewish settler was asked if his country is an apartheid state. His reply was...

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January 24, 2014

Saudi and Israel share interest in action against Syria and Iran

If President Barack Obama has disappointed the Syrian opposition by seeking congressional approval for an attack on Syria, he did the same to America’s allies in the Middle East....

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January 24, 2014

Preliminary observations on the rise of Islamic movements

Given the involvement and degree of relative success of the Islamic movements perhaps we should be referring to the “Islamic Spring”, not the “Arab” version. It is worth considering...

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