Syria – the armed opposition gets a little help from Israel
On Saturday, Israel bombed a Syrian military installation outside Damascus called Jamraya in Mt Qassioun, about 15 kms (10 miles) east of the border with Lebanon, in the mountains near Damascus. In...
View ArticleMohammed Assaf from Palestine - the next winner of Arab Idol?
The news out of the Middle East has been uniformly depressing recently so I'm giving myself a break with some news about the Arab Idol sensation Mohammed Assaf. He has become an instant star and...
View ArticleIdiotic Sen. McCain goes to Syria and meets with kidnappers
Lebanese television station Al-Jadeed has broken the story (in Arabic) that Senator McCain, in his recent jaunt to Syria, has met with rebels who were involved in the kidnapping of Lebanese Shiite...
View ArticleMohammad Assaf wins Arab Idol
Mohammad Assaf has won Arab Idol.I wrote about the Palestinian refugee from Gaza in an earlier diary.I think what makes him so special, and why he has galvanized the Arab world into supporting him, is,...
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