Showing posts with label Sharif Nashashibi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sharif Nashashibi. Show all posts

Thursday, 14 April 2016

Syrian Civil War: Negotiating in bad faith (Sharif Nashashibi, Al Jazeera)

It is unsurprising that Damascus would want to scupper the latest round of talks because the focus is supposed to be a political transition that it has repeatedly rejected, writes Nashashibi [AP]

On April 10, United Nations Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura arrived in Damascus for meetings with regime officials in the run-up to the resumption of peace talks in Geneva on April 13. That very day, Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi said regime troops were preparing a major offensive to retake Syria's largest city Aleppo.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/04/syrian-civil-war-negotiating-bad-faith-160413081829739.html

Friday, 25 March 2016

Israel-Palestine: The delusion of a two-state solution (Sharif Nashashibi, Al Jazeera)

It is duplicitous enough for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to convince audiences outside his own country from time to time that he supports the creation of a Palestinian state. Worse still is that he portrays his efforts in this regard as being constantly thwarted by the Palestinians themselves.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/03/israel-palestine-delusion-state-solution-160324132044351.html

Thursday, 17 March 2016

Is a federal Syria desirable or feasible? (Sharif Nashashibi, Al Jazeera)

It was widely reported last week that major Western powers and Russia were discussing the possibility of a federal structure for Syria, and had passed on ideas to UN envoy Staffan de Mistura, who says they form part of the agenda for the current Geneva talks.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/03/federal-syria-desirable-feasible-160315051734382.html

Monday, 22 February 2016

Kurds: Pawns and kings in Syria and Iraq? (Sharif Nashashibi, Al Jazeera)

The conflicts in Iraq and Syria have enabled Kurdish forces in both countries to make significant territorial gains, with the help of weaponry and air support from various foreign powers. Besides the Iraqi government, the Kurds are the only party to the multi-layered conflicts in both countries that enjoys the support of key members from both coalitions.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/kurds-pawns-kings-syria-iraq-160222060820594.html