APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula articles from May 2005

APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula archives from May 2005

SYRIA - The Iraqi Factor & Implications - Pax Americana Is Changing - Part 17G.
May 2, 2005... Aharon Zeevi, the head of Israeli military intelligence, said in an interview published on April 29 by Yediot Aharonot newspaper, that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad could be ousted from power as his regime was fracturing under immense...

Istanbul Talks On The Iraq Factor.
May 2, 2005... Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq Al-Shara' was on April 30 trying to steer a regional conference of Iraq and its neighbours - Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey, plus Egypt and Bahrain - towards a common stand concerning a...

SYRIA - The Kurdish Factor.
May 2, 2005... The negotiations, ostensibly about the powers of a Kurdish region which has been de facto independent since 1991, masks the simple reality that the people of Kurdistan do not want to be Iraqi Arab at all. Simultaneous with the official...

SYRIA - Effects On Iran, Pakistan & Others.
May 2, 2005... Iran, also in the Bush administration's crosshairs, has more non-Persians than Persians. Iran's seven million Kurds have long resisted Tehran's authority, but they are not alone in their grievances. Iran's Azerbaijani and Baluch populations...

Why US Wants Assad Out.
May 2, 2005... Writing in Gulf News of April 1, Syrian academic Dr. Marwan Al-Kabalan said: "Recent developments in US-Syrian relations indicate that Washington is preparing the ground for an Iraq-style adventure. The hawks of the Bush administration are...

SYRIA - Pax Americana Is Changing - Part 17H - The Iran Factor & Implications.(Brief Article)
May 30, 2005... A deal between the US and Iran over the future of Iraq and Lebanon would worsen the isolation of Syria's Baathist regime. The possibility of such a deal became apparent following a visit to Iran on May 15 by US Secretary of State Condoleezza...

SYRIA - The Constructive Instability Next Door - Focus On Iraq.
May 30, 2005... It was mainly because of the new term "constructive instability" which the Bush administration has been using lately that President Bashar Al-Assad ordered a speedy withdrawal from Lebanon of Syrian troops and members of his intelligence...

SYRIA - The Caliphate.
May 30, 2005... Judging by the writings of Sayyed Qutub, an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood militant and ideologue executed in the 1960s, the Salafi jihadists have one sweeping objective. They want to establish a new universal Sunni caliphate with expansive...

SYRIA - Why The Syrians Are Passive.
May 30, 2005... Ms Rice said that during her May 15 meetings with the Iraqi leaders in Kurdistan and in Baghdad she heard "particular concerns about Syria, about the gathering of terrorist networks there and the transiting of those networks across the Syrian...

SYRIA - The Worst Case Scenario.(Brief Article)
May 30, 2005... In this worst case scenario, Greater Syria - an old dream cultivated by Assad's father - Hafez Al-Assad who died in June 2000 - would vanish and in its wake a Greater Israel would emerge, surrounded by small and weak states. In this scenario...