Bragging Rights for Lebanon: World’s Oldest Living Olive Trees

These trees are older than Moses, and Lebanon is their home.
Lebanon Has The World’s Oldest Living Olive Trees
The trees, which are over 6000 years old, have withstood a whole lot in their history including severe exploitation, climate changes and governments which, quite simply, don’t give a rat’s ass about such a thing
Source: State of Mind
“Forming a Syrian Opposition Government: The Time is Now” by Fred Hof; Ziadeh
As I have written previously the old expression, you can’t beat something with nothing, applies in spades to Syria.
Yet millions of Syrians grudgingly adhere to “the Doctor.” They do so partly because they fear his jailers and torturers, but largely because they know not what comes next.
Yet millions of Syrians grudgingly adhere to “the Doctor.” They do so partly because they fear his jailers and torturers, but largely because they know not what comes next.
Source: Syria Comment
Video: Whatever Happened To The Arab Spring?
Video of a panel discussion at the Battle of Ideas 2012 at the Barbican Centre in London with Rania Hafez,
Mark Seddon, myself, and Nadim Shehadi, chaired by Tara McCormack.
I outline my assessment of the Arab Uprisings and make the argument against intervention and for self-determination.
Mark Seddon, myself, and Nadim Shehadi, chaired by Tara McCormack.
I outline my assessment of the Arab Uprisings and make the argument against intervention and for self-determination.
Source: Karl reMarks
“For Assad, one Iranian worth 43 Syrians”
President Bashar al-Assad today freed 2,130 of his tens of thousands of detainees, including 76 Syrian women, to win the release of 48 Iranian Revolutionary Guards captured by the Free Syrian Army in Damascus last August.
Source: Arab Saga


















