The Sanqar brothers declined to comment on their role at the conference, but Ammar Abdulhamid, the exiled Syrian dissident and head of the Washington-based Tharwa Foundation, said the inclusion of business personalities was “a significant development”.
“We have a number of other businessmen and entrepreneurs here. The business community is slowly coming around to realising the need to support the future of Syria,” he said.
Tag: Syrian Opposition
Uprising in Syria
Uprising in Syria – An event by the Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C.
Syria: A Turning Point?
Hudson Institute Event More than a month after protests erupted in the small southern city of Deraa, the Syrian Revolution is gathering steam. Friday after Friday, the opposition movement has taken to the streets of every major Syrian city to demonstrate against one of the more ruthless regimes in the Middle East. A long-time sponsor of terror and ally of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Damascus facilitated the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq to attack U.S. troops and Iraqi allies, while it also targeted U.S. allies in Lebanon, Israel, and the Palestinian territories. Presumably, the fall of the Assad regime would constitute a net gain for American interests in the Middle East. Continue reading “Syria: A Turning Point?”
Ammar Abdulhamid and Joshua Landis in a debate on Bloggingheads.tv
Joshua Landis (University of Oklahoma, Syria Comment) and Ammar Abdulhamid (Tharwa Foundation,Syrian Revolution Digest) speak about:
- The state of the revolution in Syria 4:58
- Without Bashar al-Assad, will Iraq-style sectarianism reign? 7:50
- Ammar: The opposition is refusing to fall into the trap of violence 7:42
- Best and worst case scenarios for the end of the regime 7:18
- If Assad goes, who will run the country? 7:36
- The future of Syria’s relationship with Iran and Israel 8:17
The Ammar Abdulhamid Archive 