There is a story in the Qur’an about King Solomon, well, a story about his death. He is said to have died while standing on a hill leaning on his wooden staff. Watching from afar, the Jinn continued to do his bidding thinking that he was still alive. The Jinn only knew that Solomon was dead when earthworms ate through his staff and his body collapsed. Continue reading “Of Baath and Djinn: A Syrian fairytale with a potentially unhappy ending”
Tag: Lebanon
SYRIAN PRESIDENT FACES INTERNATIONAL AND INTERNAL PRESSURE
A mention in News Hour Online:
“Bashar [Assad] is being asked to get rid of the old guard and create a new government,” Ammar Abdulhamid, a Syrian activist and visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, said at a press briefing. “This is what is expected of him. It’s the only way he can cooperate with the [Mehlis] investigation.”
Heretical Scenarios for the Future of a Rogue Regime!
In a strict legal sense, the Mehlis Report raised more questions than it answered and ultimately proved nothing. Nonetheless, it amply demonstrated that the Syrian regime did not fully cooperate with the investigation and that some officials might have in fact tried to mislead it.
But this is not of the essence. For the Report is one on preliminary findings only and Mehlis himself does state that he has more evidence in his possession which he chose not to reveal at this stage as the investigation is still underway. Continue reading “Heretical Scenarios for the Future of a Rogue Regime!”
The Cow!
We have an old saying in Syria – when a cow collapses, its wannabe butchers increase in number.
Well, the Syrian regime has been on the verge of implosion for quite a while now, and it appears that many people are now taking notice of that. For despite the fact that by all objective standards, one would still expect the Syrian regime to be strong and in control, at teh very least for the lack of any serious internal contenders, the reality is the survivability of the regime, as the events of the last few years have amply demonstrated, needs to be measured on the basis of the intellectual capacity of the regime leaders, rather than any other “objective” factor. But on this basis we can safely conclude that the Syrian regime’s days are indeed numbered, even if there is no clear alternative to it but chaos. Continue reading “The Cow!”
The Ammar Abdulhamid Archive 