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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

The images and clips of last night's rain of hell on Syrians defy description. Dozens, of which many small children, were crushed under rubble …

Some timeline highlights from the Pandora’s box that keeps giving …

Two kinds of savages have stoned Syrians to death: those who claim to do it in the name of God, in defiance of His commandments, and those who proclaim they do it in the name of Assad, under his commandment.

We should now pause to consider why even a huge chemical massacre, which killed some 1500 in minutes, resulted in the usual general apathy and even aggressiveness from the chattering classes.

In October 2003, Israel bombed a site in Syria it claimed was a Palestinian training camp. Of course, the Assad regime did nothing and repeated the sacred mantra that it reserved the right to retaliate at a time and place of its choosing.

On Sunday November 25, 10 little children were killed by a cluster bomb dropped on them from a Syrian regime warplane, as they played outdoors in the town of Deir Asafeer ("cloister of sparrows"), in greater Damascus.

Dangerous tweets about Syrian refreshments had already surfaced on the twittersphere, and the damage to American interests was incalculable.

You’ve all seen websites, emails or miscellaneous articles showing the "funny English" noticed around the world. For the most part, these humorous sightings come courtesy of small businesses or independent writers, but not from official entities related to the state.

Remember the big PR campaign run by the Syrian government on the sad 40th anniversary of the illegal Israeli occupation of the Golan? Neither do I.

I may be in a minority here, but I’m tired of reading “Nouveau Orientalist” articles beginning with sentiments like “I thought Syrians were evil people but they turned out to be welcoming and nice” and ending with deep statements like “things are much more complicated than they look on the surface.” You don’t say.

Today, the Arab capital of culture glistened under the snow. Shining beneath a white sky which enveloped the city with tenderness and lent it an awe-inspiring aura, Damascus seemed to settle comfortably into a role it always knew it deserved.

Time for the annual phenomenon of Ramadan television drama series, and for the phenomenon of reporting on them, as has been the fashion in the past few years.