Tag: Syria
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The miracle of Lebanon
The miracle of Lebanon is that it did not de-generate into the mess of the 1970s and 1980s. The Lebanese security forces have managed a crisis through extraordinary diplomacy even though it has been starved of funding by a political class that has been driven by infighting. Parliament has managed to elect a new government,…
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Syria’s future can be found through a constitution that is 100 years old
In 1791, France published a constitution, which defined France as a secular republic based on three pillars – liberty, equality and fraternity. One hundred years ago Syrians based a draft constitution on the ideas of the French constitution, the Syrians argued at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference for a state based on a monarchy that…
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Syria….twelve years on
Its not easy assessing the situation in Syria, but the facts are very easy to manage if you are cynical. The idea that Aleppo, Hama and possibly Homs have fallen is a significant factor in the analysis of the war. But the question is what has happened to the Syrian army that it capitulated so…
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