Iraq's Maliki says Assad is fighting until the bitter end

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad does not want an exit pass; KSA needs a law to protect children from abuse; the Islamist mess in Damascus; and Friday Prayers against assassinations for Egypt.

Iraq's Maliki spent time in Syria and says he has Assad's system figured out.

Arab Saga [3]

Iraq’s Maliki: Syria's Assad is going nowhere

Accordingly, those who believed the regime would surrender and withdraw were in the wrong.

Saudi Woman [4]

Isn’t it about time for a draft law to protect children from abuse?

In Saudi Arabia, there is a need to form laws that protect weaker entities within the institution of the family. The absence of such laws produce cases like Lama, who die waiting for justice, and this absence of legislation will keep producing others like Lama we may or may not know about.

Syria Comment [5]

The Islamist mess in Damascus

The current situation is that you have no strong Islamist alliance in the Damascus region, but several small ones, scattered all over the city map:

A Sense of Belonging [6]

Friday Prayers for Egypt: Assassination

God, the prayer is obvious, keep all safe. But assassination casts a long shadow.

Blogs Al Jazeera [7]

Attack on Iranian dissident group in Iraq

Rockets tore into a former US military base near the Baghdad airport before dawn on Saturday, killing at least five members of a controversial Iranian dissident group and wounding almost 40 other people, according to the UN.

A Separate State of MInd [8]

The Miserable Maronites of Lebanon

We get carried away with useless rhetoric of people who couldn’t care less about our interests and eventually transform that rhetoric, in our heads, to scripture.