AUGUST 1997, Toward Freedom. What nobody in the US—no journalist or academic or politician wanted to talk about, has actually happened. Syria and Iraq have…
MARCH 13, 2017, Counterpunch.org. I am afraid to ask you you’re feelings about the recently announced American invasion into your country. In our talks these…
APRIL 6, 2016, Counterpunch.org. “…before it fell back into government hands last weekend”, notes a National Public Radio reporter Monday morning. He’s clearly disappointed, unable…
JULY 22, 2015, Counterpunch.org. When a former Syrian student of mine, Walid, announced that he’d resolved to pay smugglers to get him to Europe, I…
FEBRUARY 5, 2014, Counterpunch.org. How can I distinguish between a 4-year old alawite corpse and a 6 month old miasmatic christian infant, between an orphan…
DECEMBER 6, 2013, Counterpunch.org. Poetic designations like Qalamoun are propelled into international consciousness as new sites of combat and desolation. Because Qalamoun lies strategically on…