Monthly Archives: May 2009

Not Ayatollah yet, how Al-Sadr’s visit to Turkey related to Iran’s nuclear file

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Sappho

Under the sec­tar­ian, equa­tions don’t fol­low logic. What­ever has been said on Al-Sadr; his reck­less impru­dence and con­fu­sion but it is fair to say that the “inde­pen­dent”. Right or wrong, he works accord­ing to his own cal­cu­la­tions. Marc Lynch says … Con­tinue read­ing →

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International powers advised Yemeni President to quit

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Sappho

Yemeni sources told Jor­dan­ian news site that Inter­na­tional and regional coun­tries warned the Pres­i­dent of Yemen Ali Abdul­lah Salih that the vio­lence in his coun­try reached the point of no return. The coun­tries urged the Pres­i­dent to relin­quish power safely … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Secret orders to escalate the violence in Iraq

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Sappho

Jor­dan­ian news­pa­per “Global Truth” obtained a secret doc­u­ment released by Badr Brigades (loyal to Ammar Al-Hakim and the Supreme Coun­cil) gives orders to the organization’s mem­bers to esca­late the vio­lence in Iraq as an answer to Maliki’s rec­on­cil­i­a­tion attempts. The … Con­tinue read­ing →

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US — Syria relations

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Sappho

Syr­ian sources told Al-Khaleej news­pa­per that the Amer­i­can ambas­sador will be back to Syria before the end of this month.

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