Nir Boms

Journalist, Writer, Middle East Analyst

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Inside Syria’s Gulag

June 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Human Rights, Syria

By Nir Boms
FrontPageMagazine.com | May 26, 2004
On May 11, in accordance with the Syria Accountability Act, President Bush imposed new political and economic sanctions on Syria. The Syrian government, not surprisingly, was quick to condemn this move, calling the sanctions “unjust and unjustified,” and portraying Syria as a “democratic country that fights terrorism.”
While this sort [...]

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The Culture of Tyranny

June 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Syria

Despite UN Designation, Arab Culture Deserves Better ‘Capital’ Than Syria
published in ThreatsWatch.org
By Guest Contributors Nir Boms and Jonathan Spyer
The ancient city of Damascus received another mark of recognition last week. Following in the wake of Liverpool - which was recognized as the European Capital of Culture, and Stavanger in Norway, which was named the non-EU European [...]

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