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Do We Need to Destroy the “Family Institution”?
Mohannad Dlykan
For quite some time now, throughout the world, the discourse against the family as an institution has been on the rise. Often, the discourse is based on realistic problems within this institution, but it goes far towards very extreme and dangerous proposals, which unintentionally by many feeds into the pot of the “global elite” that sets before it a primary goal of disintegrating society to its last unit, to end any possibilities of having resistance against it.
Three Distinct Historical Phases “Israeli” Policy Towards the Occupied Syrian Golan
Written by Kassioun Research Unit
The Golan was and remains one of the most important issues for Syrians. Just as it is an integral part of Syria’s geography and sovereignty, it has also become an integral part of the solution to the Syrian crisis and of the region’s future. “Israel” along with the US are well aware of this, which can explain the historical development of their approach to the Golan issue, which we will review herein.
More than 2 Million; the Average Cost of Living for a Syrian Family at the Beginning of 2022.
kassioun
By the end of 2021, the average cost of living for a Syrian family has reached more than 2 million Syrian pounds. This increases the huge gap between these costs and the minimum wage of the Syrian worker, which "increased" according to the last decree to reach 92,970 Syrian pounds; inadequate to meet the monthly food cost of the worker himself!
At What Stage is the US Withdrawal Process, from the Region and from Syria? What to Do?
Written by Kassioun Research Unit
Talk in the media and politically about the US withdrawing its forces from certain parts of the world, particularly our own and Central Asia, has been noticeably on the rise for a little over three years.
Kazakhstan and Its Consequences: A Preliminary Approach
Mohannad Dlykan
The recent events in Kazakhstan are still in their beginning, and it is still difficult to sufficiently comprehend and understand the causes or anticipate the consequences. Nevertheless, it is possible to establish some facts, as well as preliminarily approximate the expected outcomes and their broader effects.
Electricity; A New Partial Privatization about to Be Completed.
Abeer Hadad
The general orientation of the government towards the privatization of public sectors has become clear during the last decade, directly and indirectly, including important and sovereign sectors. The models of privatization of many establishments have also increased in recent years to take an abrupt form in 2021. That was through affecting the hall of Syrian Trading, the last of which were electricity and industry sectors, under pretexts that the government contrives and supports with its unprecedented resolutions. This is all to serve the interests of the plunderers who are plundering citizens and national economy, and the worst is yet to come!
Where is the Process of “Changing the Regime’s Behavior”? Context... Tools... Results
Written by Kassioun Research Unit
Indications of Western action and pressure continue to emerge within the so-called “regime behavior change” policy. While previous Kassioun articles have focused on the general objectives of this policy, it has become useful, with the clarity of additional parts of the picture, to try to go into more details of this policy and its mechanisms, not just its final objectives.
A Deal and a “New Resolution”… Get Wisdom from the “Quagmire Man”!
Reem Issa
On its face, US policy towards Syria seems to be a source of confusion for many – individuals, forces, and countries. Some, including current and former US officials, even go further in adopting the deception as a doctrine by saying that Washington has no specific policy or no policy at all towards Syria except for a few general points that are part of larger dossiers related to the Middle East as a whole.
How Western Media Dealt with the Second Putin-Biden Summit, and its Ramifications with Regards to the Syria File
Written by Kassioun Research Unit
Nearly six months after their first summit, which took place in Geneva in mid-June, presidents Putin and Biden held their second summit last week, this time virtually. Although the last summit was preceded by a great amount of prediction and analysis, the hype around this meeting, before and after, also was quite high, making it essential to take a closer look at what transpired in order to get a clearer picture of the stage the conflict has reached in general, and to understand what should be focused on in working in the context of the crises facing our region and Syria in particular.
Jordan… A Hundred Years of Normalization What is the Historical Role of the Emirate/Kingdom? What is the Current Role Towards Syria?
Written by Kassioun Research Unit
During the last few months, there has been increasing talk about what is being called “normalization with the regime”. What is meant by that is the rapprochement of Arab regimes with the Syrian regime, and in particular: Jordan and UAE.
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While many political commentators describe US policy in Syria to be “somewhat mysterious”, at least based on what is publicly stated, the only constant over the last few years is one phrase that has been frequently repeated, and more so lately: “regime behavior change”.
The World Bank Between the “Arab” Gas Pipeline and the Aswan High Dam
Written by Kassioun Research Unit
A previous article by the Kassioun Research Unit, entitled: Operation Alpha, Version II, Why “Normalization with the Regime” and Why “Normalization”, dealt with a range of current Syrian issues within the framework of a historical comparison between the American-created Operation Alpha (in which the Brits participated, and which targeted Egypt, to try dragging it towards “peace” with “Israel” in 1955) and what is currently taking place under the name of the “Arab” gas pipeline, and other terms like “changing the regime’s behavior” and “normalization with the regime”.
Vegetable Oil Import Data refute the Pretexts of the “Government of Raising Prices”
kassioun
The Ministry of Internal Trade and Costumer Protection has set the price per liter for sunflower’s seed oil through the “smart card” at 7200 SP, and with only one bottle per month per family. This has become a valid resolution to be applied starting from Saturday, November 06, 2021, and it has been rightly criticized by both citizens and experts (even in official newspapers) that this price is much higher than global prices and it has an exorbitant profit margin. In the following article, we try to calculate the profit rates of vegetable “frying oil” in two methods (or two scenarios) giving the fact that there are no enough official revelations regarding the data of import to Syria so that data to be sufficient for accurate calculation, so we can only resort to global publications and current statements. However, bot the most optimistic and most pessimistic calculations refer to profit rates that can only be described as full-fledged plunder, as through various methods we have found that the profit rate is no less than 100% and may reach 746%.
We are a few days away from the 10-month mark since the Biden administration took office, and most of those following the Syria file continue to be frustrated by the fact that the current administration still does not have a clear or declared Syria policy. This is generally the result of seemingly contradictory statements and positions, which leads to most concluding that there is confusion in the policy or no policy at all.