2254: No Longer Only a Tool to Overcome the Crisis, but also One of the Two Conditions to Achieve the “New Independence”
On 17 April of every year, we commemorate the anniversary of Evacuation Day, which witnessed the exit of the last of the French occupier’s troops from our homeland. That came as a result of decades of fighting, struggle, and sacrifice by our forefat…
Syria’s Independence and the Tale of First Security Council Veto
The UN officially took off on October 24, 1945 when the five permanent members of the Security Council -- China, France, UK, USA, and USSR -- in addition to the majority of the other 46 then signatory members ratified the UN Charter. The Security Co…
“A Wasted Decade” ; Life Events of the Syrian Youth and the Future Losses.
Ten years have passed since the Syrian crisis; a whole decade whose effects will not be over in one more decade even if the war has ended and the losses have stopped from today! Economic losses continue, and social losses, despite being difficult to…
Female Fertility Rates in Syria: A Slight Improvement; Long Wars and Future Losses.
It is usually said that major wars are followed by natural compensation for human losses, and that societies experience a mutation of population growth after war. This was what Europe and the United States have experienced after both World Wars, but…
The Trading of Slogans
In the context of political application, Marxism always insists on the inextricable interdependence of three aspects: the national, the economic-social, and the democratic. It says that there is no separation among these aspects in any way.
The Syrian Pound is Collapsing on the Scale of Food Prices more than on the Scale of the Dollar!
It does not matter what is the dollar figure in exchange for the Syrian pound. The most important thing today in light of the expanding hunger is the Syrian pound figure in exchange for food. The collapse of the Syrian pound on this scale is the hig…
Astana Should Move Beyond Itself, Quickly!
It can be said that a full year has passed without major military battles, and this is happening for the first time since the battles began.
A New Act in the Jeffrey-Jolani Play
There are certain characters whose roles do not seem to be written clearly in the script; nevertheless, their roles continue developing slowly in the background, then they make a small appearance every once in a while, so that we can get a glimpse o…
The Situation is “Most Dire” in All of Syria
During the Security Council session held today, Monday, March 29th, on the humanitarian situation in Syria, it was really peculiar to hear from Mr. Sergei Vershinin, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, while describing the humanitarian situation in…
September 2011: Curbing the Violence ... in Preparation for Countering Military Intervention
After ten years since the popular movement took off in Syria, Kassioun re-publishes herein an article entitled “Curbing the Violence… in Preparation for Countering Military Intervention”, which was published on the eighth page of Issue no. 518 of Ka…