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23 hours ago by Joshua

Who will be appointed the next ambassador to Syria? Two names have been mentioned by Laura Rozen at Foreign Policy.com - Jake Walles and Daniel Kurtzer. They are both career diplomats, but what else do we know of them and who would be more effective? Jacob Walles is not well known ( here is his offi ...

Syria Comment - joshualandis.com/blog · Rank: 28,829 · 178 references

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2 days ago by Matthew Bell

Episode 22 of the American Influence podcast is focused on Syria, Israel, the Golan Heights and the US. First, we talked with Middle East expert Aaron David Miller about what a peace deal between Israel and Syria would mean for those two countries and for the US. Then, we go to the Golan Heights to ...

The World from Eagle Hill - matthewjbell.wordpress.com · Rank: 126,329 · 8 references

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5 days ago by contrecourant1

Le Golan est une des clés de l'existence de l'Etat d'Israel. Surplombant la vallée de la Houla et le lac de Tibériade si importants dans l'histoire de l'aliyah morderne, et faisant face à la frontière libanaise, il a été l'instrument d'attaques incessantes des Syriens entre 1949 et 1967 (incursions ...

A Contre-Courant - contrecourant1.wordpress.com · 1 reference

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6 days ago

Who could have suspected that the White House's rush to embrace Assad would start paying off dividends so soon? Smart power! Syrian officials threatened on Saturday to take back the Golan Heights by force if a peace agreement involving the return of the strategic plateau is not reached with Israel, ...

Mere Rhetoric - mererhetoric.com · Rank: 2,750 · 277 references

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8 days ago by Zeinobia

These are two photos I found while my search for Egyptian POWs photos ,these photos were for Syrian POWs heading back to Damascus after spending some time in infamous Atlit prison. The Syrian POWs were too few compared to the Egyptian POWs. They also left the POWs camp before the Egyptian POWs. The ...

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12 days ago by Zeinobia

Is it a coincidence that in the particular month of June and what it holds for Arabs for bad memory that the talk about the international legal description of Syrian Golan heights is brought up provocatively in Wikipedia ?? It seems that the nationality of Golan is disputed !! Here is the Syrian Gol ...

Egyptian chronicles - egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com · Rank: 8,774 · 123 references

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12 days ago

And why not? Assad's been getting assurances since before the inauguration that Obama will secure a sweet deal for him. Everything that's happened in recent months has confirmed that the WH will pressure Israel to cede land to Syria. It's a win-win: either Israel gives in to his absurd conditions fo ...

Mere Rhetoric - mererhetoric.com · Rank: 2,750 · 277 references

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13 days ago by Bahia

YouTube - yafa sheli eyal golan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S45Upu... yafa sheli eyal golan If you would like to talk Tomorrow I return To the warm corner that is in your heart Give me peace of mind and the strength to continue To live my life by your side Just wait,...

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14 days ago by Ted Belman

By Ted Belman Haarets reported to day that Netanyahu told Mitchell he is interested in resuming the negotiations with Syria “without preconditions” and emphasized that “I am unwilling to commit in advance to a full withdrawal from the Golan Heights.” Asssad turned him down flat because he didn’t wan ...

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15 days ago by nickmendez

In the summer of ‘95 my parents and I went on vacation to San Diego, California. At just seven years old this would be my first time in California, my first excursion to the west coast and my first whiff of pacific air. I remember we stayed in this old bed and breakfast that looked like Danny Tanner ...

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