Updates from the Road (1)

Russia will not be part of the solution in Syria. Yemeni-style scenarios are unlikely. Obama needs to hit the reset button again. There is little time left to save a country and a region from a meltdown.

Tuesday June 19, 2012

News

Syria says ready to evacuate besieged families

Obama, Putin say Syria violence must end, no plan agreed

Report: Russia to send marines to Syria

UN Official Says Syria May Be Guilty Of War Crimes

Op-Eds & Special Reports

Sectarian realities in Homs

In Syria's Homs, sectarian spoils of war at bargain prices

Alawite fortress and Sunni wasteland in Syria's Homs

After 30 Years In Syria, Outspoken Priest Is Expelled

In rebel-held Syria, revolutionary courts decide matters of life, death

USA Politics and Syria

Romney’s stance on Syria a work in progress

New Republic: Syria and The US Presidential Race

West avoids direct intervention in Syria for own reasons, but blames Russia

On the personal front

Getting Serious on Syria: my participation in a panel at the American Enterprise Institute where the keynote speaker was Senator McCain: Excerpt from my intervention, the whole event.

More fall-outs from our April trip to Kosovo: The Pristina-Damascus Connection

Over the next 5-7 days, I will be taking part in a series of activities that will take up most of my time and might, therefore, be unable to update the blog as regularly and extensively as I want. But I will be back in full force soon.