Thursday
Apr142005
Crisis Group's Syria-Lebanon Report
By 
Josh Stacher | Lebanon Syria
Josh Stacher | Lebanon Syria
For those readers of ours that have more than a passing interest in the developments in Lebanon and Syria since Hariri's assassination, Crisis Group published a lengthly 40-page (before appendixes) report on 12 April entitled "Syria After Lebanon, Lebanon After Syria".
Specifically, the report examines the complicated US-French-Lebanese-Syrian relationship before and after Hariri's murder, the extension of Lahoud's presidency, the Lebanese opposition, and explanations for the political logic at work in Damascus.
It is, as has come to be expected, well-researched and a bastion of unbiased objectivity concerning a politicized topic whose discussion has been anything but.
Its long and thoroughly detailed but an executive summery is available for those less committed but still wanting to read its recommendations.
Happy Reading!
Specifically, the report examines the complicated US-French-Lebanese-Syrian relationship before and after Hariri's murder, the extension of Lahoud's presidency, the Lebanese opposition, and explanations for the political logic at work in Damascus.
It is, as has come to be expected, well-researched and a bastion of unbiased objectivity concerning a politicized topic whose discussion has been anything but.
Its long and thoroughly detailed but an executive summery is available for those less committed but still wanting to read its recommendations.
Happy Reading!
Reader Comments (4)
The ICG really is quite good and timely, isn't it?
Prak-
This report is very solid as has been all their reports on Syria, Egypt, and Islamism which are the ones I've read.
Thank you.
This is OT, but reporter Georges Malbrunot (a former hostage in Iraq) has an interesting article in both Le Figaro and L'Orient-Le Jour on the severing of links to the Muslim Brotherhood by King Abdullah demanded by Condi Rice. I have the English translation on my blog, if interested. I really cannot gauge what this means...but it does suggest that Mubarek will not be permitting any large-scale Brotherhood demonstrations in Cairo--on order from the Bush Administration.
http://nuralcubicle.blogspot.com/2005/04/king-of-jordan-severs-historical-ties.html
Here's the original article in French @ Le Figaro:
http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/20050414.FIG0088.html