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…
Why to Move the SCC to Damascus?
After the complete failure of the second round of works of the Small Body of the Syrian Constitutional Committee (SCC), it appeared clearly how vital and necessary is the proposal presented by Moscow Platform since the first inaugural session of the…
Why did the Second Round of SCC Fail?
Last Friday, November 29, the second round of the Small Body of the Syrian Constitutional Committee (SCC) ended without any meeting of its 45 members. The round was limited to fruitless polemics on the agenda, in parallel with mutual accusations, su…
Constitutional Committee and 2254
The second session of the Small Body of the Syrian Constitutional Committee begins in Geneva on Monday, November 25, after it passed its first exam during the first session, achieving some ice-breaking, and opening the door towards a real start of t…
Syrian Pound and Political Solution
The exchange rate of the Syrian pound against foreign currencies continues to deteriorate, it reached an unprecedented level during the past two weeks, exceeding the ceiling of 700 Syrian pounds per US dollar. This reflects further deterioration in…