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Encouraging Syrian signs six months on, despite foreign belligerence and domestic questions
Syria
Encouraging Syrian signs six months on, despite foreign belligerence and domestic questions
Syria

As Syrians wait for reconstruction and stability, they have mostly been encouraged by the signs and the gestures of important international actors and the leadership of Ahmad Sharaa.

Syria
A decade after Assad’s biggest chemical massacre in Syria, justice delayed is justice denied
Syria, Chemical Massacre
A decade after Assad’s biggest chemical massacre in Syria, justice delayed is justice denied
Syria, Chemical Massacre

Despite the mountains of evidence confirming the Assad regime as the perpetrator of this century’s worst chemical atrocity on 1500 civilians in greater Damascus, justice remains denied ten years on.

Syria, Chemical Massacre
Is Putin delusional about fallout from his invasion of Ukraine?
Ukraine, Russia, Putin, Syria
Is Putin delusional about fallout from his invasion of Ukraine?
Ukraine, Russia, Putin, Syria

Since the invasion of Ukraine, I find myself disagreeing with some comments on Putin’s alleged state of mind. I wish I could believe that he now feels cornered and taken aback by events, but I don’t.

Ukraine, Russia, Putin, Syria
The consequences of abdication of responsibility
Syria, Assad
The consequences of abdication of responsibility
Syria, Assad

Had the powers leading the response to Assad’s chemical massacre neutralized his air force and WMDs, Syria and the world might have been a very different place today.

Syria, Assad
Another seven years of bad luck
Syria, Assad
Another seven years of bad luck
Syria, Assad

Seven years of bad luck? Syrians have endured 21 under Bashar Assad, yet are told to swallow more of the same as the genocidal maniac's malignant narcissism reaches new dizzying heights.

Syria, Assad
‘Responsible’ is not letting Assad live and let die
Syria, Assad, US, Policy
‘Responsible’ is not letting Assad live and let die
Syria, Assad, US, Policy

If letting Assad live and let die is the top agenda being promoted by such self-proclaimed responsible policymakers, we have much bigger problems than we ever imagined.

Syria, Assad, US, Policy
20 years ago today, Bashar Assad inherited Syria
Syria, Assad
20 years ago today, Bashar Assad inherited Syria
Syria, Assad

20 years ago today, I was at a Damascus hair salon when an assistant rushed to tell us Hafez Assad had died.

Syria, Assad
Star Trekking across the coronaverse
Corona, Lockdown, Star Trek
Star Trekking across the coronaverse
Corona, Lockdown, Star Trek

In a time of global pandemic, it is only logical that we adopt the Vulcan salute and all it stands for.
Live long and prosper.

Corona, Lockdown, Star Trek
The Syrian revolution’s goalkeeper
Syria, Sarout, Revolution
The Syrian revolution’s goalkeeper
Syria, Sarout, Revolution

You will never get Syria without knowing what it felt like to watch Abdelbasset Sarout, the goalkeeper of Karama Football Club …

Syria, Sarout, Revolution
The bold, the beautiful, the brilliant of Daraya
Syria, Daraya, Nonviolence
The bold, the beautiful, the brilliant of Daraya
Syria, Daraya, Nonviolence

The bold, beautiful and brilliant youth of Daraya, epitome of dignified non-violent activism, brandished flowers and distributed cold water bottles to the security forces facing them.

Syria, Daraya, Nonviolence
 
A small selection - from hundreds - of blog posts written since creating Mosaics in 2003.

A small selection - from hundreds - of blog posts written since creating Mosaics in 2003.

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