Rumblings in Damascus
By Nir Boms and Erick Stakelbeck For Bashar Assad, the diffusion of last weekend’s anti-government riots in northern Syria represented a dodged bullet, as his Ba’ath Party was…
On to Damascus
Feb. 14, 2004 On to Damascus By NIR BOMS & ERICK STAKELBECK Last month at the Free University of Brussels, just 200 meters from the Syrian Embassy, a group of Syrians gathered to discuss…
Free Damascus
Nov. 27, 2003 Free Damascus By NIR BOMS & ERICK STAKELBECK ‘The advance of freedom is the calling of our time; it is the calling of our country.” With this statement, made in…
The Syrian-French Connection
By Nir Boms FrontPageMagazine.com | September 29, 2003 While the media is busy focusing on the troubling story of the two American soldiers detained at Guantanamo Bay for alleged espionage,…