Getting Serious on Syria

American Enerprise Institute – Getting serious on Syria: Can we close the Assad era without opening a can of worms? With a keynote address by Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.)

Syrian in exile and Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies out of Washington D.C., Ammar Abdulhamid, has been calling for more active international intervention in Syria, and added another addendum in his Syrian Revolution Digest Syria report last night. Continue reading “Syria: Civilians in Homs Trapped While UN Runs” →

No Dialogue With Assad

The New York Times: Room For Debate

In calling for dialogue with Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Damascus, the United Nations Security Council is missing a key point: After killing more than 8,000 civilians, Assad and fellow corrupt authoritarian elites have made it abundantly clear that they will stay in power at any cost, and no international agreement can restore them to domestic legitimacy. Continue reading “No Dialogue With Assad” →

U.S. Officials: Iran is Stepping Up Lethal Aid to Syria

Quoted by Joby Warrick and Liz Sly, Washington Post

“Iran has been involved in the crackdown by Assad on a much larger scale than previously thought,” said Ammar Abdulhamid, a Washington-based Syrian activist and a member of the Syria Working Group of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington think tank.