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Business community arms the crackdown

Syrian businessmen have been invited to dig deep into their [...]

Subscribers only Defence 18.05.2011

Kurds target Damascus and Ankara

Despite the rapprochement between Damascus and Ankara and the raids by the Syrian army against Kurdish camps along Syria’s border [...]

Subscribers only Defence 27.04.2011

Mohammed al-Chaar

Mohammed al-Chaar, appointed Syria's Interior Minister on April 14, is [...]

Subscribers only 27.04.2011

Ali Mamlouk

Ali Mamlouk, the director of general intelligence, was a member [...]

Subscribers only 27.04.2011

Rami Makhlouf all-powerful

The probable target of a new wave of U.S. sanctions, [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 27.04.2011

Erdogan’s double-dealing in Syria

The rapprochement between Turkey and Syria that was initiated last year (IOL 617) may fall victim to the wave of [...]

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 13.04.2011

Gulfsands, Assad's window on the City

A symbol of corruption in the eyes of Syrian protestors, Rami Makhlouf, President Bashar Al-Assad's cousin, is a shareholder in the London stock market listed Gulfsands.

Subscribers only 13.04.2011

Missing Estonians rumoured in Syria

Seven Estonian tourists kidnapped in Masnaa, on the border between Lebanon and Syria in the Bekaa Valley on March 23, [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 30.03.2011

Assad tries to deflect attention

Before sacking his government and speaking on national television on [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 30.03.2011

Ahmed Kaddafedam

Ahmed Kaddafedam, cousin and loyal adviser to Muammar Gaddhafi on [...]

Subscribers only 16.03.2011

Mamlouk stays on at State Security

Although he has reached official retirement age, Ali Mamlouk is to stay on as Syria's head of State Security, which is leading the current crackdown on anti-government protests.

Subscribers only 02.03.2011

Syrian mercenaries on standby for Libya

A long-standing ally of Tripoli, Damascus has Syrian pilots ready to take part in Libyan bombing raids, should Gaddhafi declare full-scale war on the country's growing opposition.

Subscribers only 02.03.2011

Damascus hot and cold over PKK

Having offered asylum to members of the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) (IOL 633), Syria is putting military pressure on [...]

Subscribers only Defence 16.02.2011

Bashar al-Assad’s secret protector

Since January Colonel Ghassan Tarraf has been in command of [...]

Subscribers only Defence 16.02.2011

Agents train in London

While Britain’s foreign minister William Hague was visiting Damascus on January 27, a contingent of officers from State Security, Military [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 02.02.2011

Ali Mamlouk

Ali Mamlouk, the head of Syria's General Intelligence, is a [...]

Subscribers only 02.02.2011

Assad fears Egyptian-style uprising

activists are preparing a "Day of Rage" throughout Syria on [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 02.02.2011

Spooks try to avert Ben Ali effect

The intelligence services in Syria are doing everything possible to prevent a copycat uprising in the country, following the overthrow of Ben Ali in Tunisia.

Free access 19.01.2011

Amnesty offer for PKK

During Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Otri’s visit to Ankara on December 21, General Mohammed Dib Zitoun, the director of [...]

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 19.01.2011

Assad huddles with spy-chiefs

Syrian president Bashar Al Assad summoned his principal heads of intelligence to a meeting at the presidential palace on January [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 05.01.2011

Robert S. Ford

Robert S. Ford was appointed the first U.S. ambassador to [...]

Subscribers only 05.01.2011

Soldiers swipe sat dishes

Syrian military intelligence is engaged in a vast operation against [...]

Subscribers only Defence 05.01.2011

Diplomatic diversions fool Washington

Following warning letters from the Obama administration transmitted to Damascus [...]

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 05.01.2011

Bashar al-Assad recently went to the Elysees Palace without an advisor for a meeting with French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The two talked only about Lebanon. A chill in relations between the two countries is hurting French companies.

Subscribers only 15.12.2010

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Bashar al-Assad at centre of power struggle

The imminent publication of indictments by the UN -backed Special Tribunal For Lebanon has aggravated rivalries in Syria, where Byzantine quarrels are par for the course. While President Bashar Al Assad is trying to position himself as the guarantor of [.

Subscribers only Defence 15.12.2010

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All articles - Syria

Business community arms the crackdown

Kurds target Damascus and Ankara

Mohammed al-Chaar

Ali Mamlouk

Rami Makhlouf all-powerful

Erdogan’s double-dealing in Syria

Gulfsands, Assad's window on the City

Missing Estonians rumoured in Syria

Assad tries to deflect attention

Ahmed Kaddafedam

Mamlouk stays on at State Security

Syrian mercenaries on standby for Libya

Damascus hot and cold over PKK

Bashar al-Assad’s secret protector

Agents train in London

Ali Mamlouk

Assad fears Egyptian-style uprising

Spooks try to avert Ben Ali effect

Amnesty offer for PKK

Assad huddles with spy-chiefs

Robert S. Ford

Soldiers swipe sat dishes

Diplomatic diversions fool Washington

What Assad told Sarkozy

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Bashar al-Assad at centre of power struggle

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All articles - Syria

Business community arms the crackdown

Kurds target Damascus and Ankara

Mohammed al-Chaar

Ali Mamlouk

Rami Makhlouf all-powerful

Erdogan’s double-dealing in Syria

Gulfsands, Assad's window on the City

Missing Estonians rumoured in Syria

Assad tries to deflect attention

Ahmed Kaddafedam

Mamlouk stays on at State Security

Syrian mercenaries on standby for Libya

Damascus hot and cold over PKK

Bashar al-Assad’s secret protector

Agents train in London

Ali Mamlouk

Assad fears Egyptian-style uprising

Spooks try to avert Ben Ali effect

Amnesty offer for PKK

Assad huddles with spy-chiefs

Robert S. Ford

Soldiers swipe sat dishes

Diplomatic diversions fool Washington

What Assad told Sarkozy

Spotlight Bashar al-Assad at centre of power struggle

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