Sochi... Who is With It and Who is Against It?
Today, the work to implement the Sochi Agreement – and not only talk about it – is dominating the Syrian scene.
Deal of “Insuring the Orphan and his Inheritance”!
There is an atmosphere of wailing and mourning that is dominating the Arab media and political circles with regards to the “Deal of the Century,” as if Trump merely announcing it means its realization.
UNSCR 2254 and the Big Corruption
Prior to 2011, estimates of the looted proportion of the annual GDP resulting from corruption in Syria ranged between 20 and 40 percent. While obtaining accurate estimates now is more difficult, it is not difficult to envisage that this proportion h…
Today, not Tomorrow!
Signs of grave danger for Syria, as a country and people, are accumulating rapidly. Indicators of danger to Syria's geopolitical unity come not only from the US attempts to push towards partition of Syria, but also from the fact that this danger coi…
How Can We Avoid Deepening the Crisis?
There is almost a consensus on that the shift towards economic liberalization in 2005 laid the basis for the 2011 explosion.
How to Accelerate American Withdrawal?
Kassioun's previous editorial entitled "Higher Escalation for Faster Withdrawal", saw in the assassination of Soleimani an American act aimed at preparing the ground for a faster withdrawal from the region, covered with a torrent of escalation. Just…
Higher Escalation for Faster Withdrawal!
The US escalation in the region is entering a new phase with the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani and his companions last Friday. Despite everything that is said about the man, what his enemies, before his allies, do not deny is the fact of…
New year... Lessons and Entitlements
In 2011, Syria entered a major historical crossroad, and on the doorsteps of 2020, it stands exactly at the end of that crossroad...
The Political Solution... Reality and Entitlement
On the twentieth of this month, the international special envoy for Syria, Mr. Geir O. Pederson, gave his second briefing to the UN Security Council on the work of the Syrian Constitutional Committee (SCC).
Before It Is Too Late!
It has become possible, to a considerable extent, to deal with the exchange rate of the Syrian pound not only as an economic indicator but also political in essence. Although in the past few days have witnessed what appears to be fragile stability a…