Nir’s Notes

May 19, 2004 By Nir Boms As news of the Abu Ghraib scandal and Nicholas Berg’s beheading dominates the headlines, American media have all but ignored one of the most significant developments since President Bush’s now-famous 2002 “axis of evil” statement: the presidential signature on sanctions against Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. In accordance with [...]

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  December 10, 2003 By Nir Boms and Erick Stakelbeck In his three and a half years as Syrian President, 38-year-old Bashar Al-Assad has been called many things by U.S. officials. Misunderstood is not one of them. Yet, if Assad’s recent comments to the New York Times are any indication, the U.S. has it all [...]

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