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Syria’s Gulag

Syria’s Gulag

  By Farid N. Ghadry and Nir T. Boms FrontPageMagazine.com | April 9, 2004 Close to a hundred Kurds were killed during a series of riots that started in the soccer game in the city of Qamoshli last month. Over 1,200 Kurds were arrested for treason, espionage, incitement and the...

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May 12, 2008
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Defiance in Damascus

Defiance in Damascus

Article published Sep 27, 2007 Defiance in Damascus By Nir Boms - The streets of Damascus have seen most things. They saw military marches with strutting generals leading their people to war. They have seen the images of presidential figures, such as the late Hafez Assad and his son, the...

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May 12, 2008
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Europe’s New Middle East Darling

Europe’s New Middle East Darling

Friday, November 19, 2004 By Nir Boms and Erick Stakelbeck With Yasser Arafat's death, Europe has lost its oldest and dearest Arab despot. But the race to replace him as the European Union's favored Middle East tyrant has already begun - and we seem to have a winner. Late last month,...

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May 12, 2008
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Hell and Back

Hell and Back

A firsthand account of Syrian atrocities. By Nir T. Boms & Farid N. Ghadry According to estimates, almost 100 Kurds were killed in the riots that followed a soccer match in the city of Qamoshli, Syria last month. Over 1,300 Kurds are believed to have been arrested for treason, espionage,...

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May 12, 2008
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Syrian Peace Overtures: Timing is Everything

Syrian Peace Overtures: Timing is Everything

1/9/2005 Nir Boms and Elliot Chodoff Since he abruptly returned from Britain to Syria five years ago to inherit the regime from his ailing father, thirty-six year old Syrian strongman Basher al-Assad has rarely smiled in public. After all - running Syria is a serious business. But lately, it seems...

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May 12, 2008
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The Coming Fall of Assad?

The Coming Fall of Assad?

Mar. 18, 2004 By NIR BOMS & ERICK STAKELBECK Bashar Assad dodged another bullet by dispersing last weekend's anti-government riots in northern Syria. And his Ba'ath Party continues to maintain a tyrannical grip over the lives of 22 million Syrians. For Syria's democratic reformers, however, the widespread unrest may signify...

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May 12, 2008
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The Kurdish Cry

The Kurdish Cry

Baathist oppression lives on in Syria. March 25, 2004. By Nir Boms & Erick Stakelbeck While the anti-government riots that raged throughout the Kurdish-populated areas of Syria for much of the past week and a half appear to have subsided as of Monday, the recent unrest may prove to be...

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May 12, 2008
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A Twist of Faith in Syria

A Twist of Faith in Syria

By Nir Boms Published July 28, 2006 Another bomb of Syrian origin exploded - but this time it did not hit Haifa, Israel, but rather Washington. Although its impact inside the corridors of the Capitol, where it was quietly detonated, was barely noticed, it was felt in the Middle East...

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May 12, 2008
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Unsilenced Voices

Unsilenced Voices

The road to Damascus. November 30, 2005. By Nir Boms With increasing international pressure over the U.N. investigation into the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, Syria's young president, Bashar al-Assad, has taken the identification of his country with the Assad name to new levels. In a recent...

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May 12, 2008
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Rumblings in Damascus

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 ultimately able to maintain its tyrannical grip over the lives of 22 million Syrians.  For Syria's democratic reformers, however, the unrest may...

By Nir Boms
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May 11, 2008
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