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Articles of the author Alistair Lyon
Syria will pursue to engage US despite raid
A US raid in Syria has irritated Damascus, but is unlikely to deflect its drive to escape international isolation and engage with Washington after next week's US presidential election. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem did not hide his (...)

29 - 10 - 2008
US sanctions: financial firewall for Iran, Syria?
Syria and Iran, both targeted by US sanctions, proclaim that their “independent” economies will suffer less than others from global financial turmoil. But economists in the region say neither Tehran nor Damascus will be immune from the credit (...)

06 - 10 - 2008
Iran no more in headlines
THE acrimony between Russia and the West stirred by the Georgia conflict complicates any effort to tighten UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme. Yet with the geopolitical and economic aftershocks of the crisis rumbling on, it may be too (...)

28 - 08 - 2008
Iran seen impervious to N-offer
IRAN's response to the latest offer of incentives by world powers shows no willingness to meet their core demand for a freeze or suspension of activities that the West suspects are part of a secret nuclear bomb program. The deadlock means Iran, (...)

08 - 07 - 2008
Israeli threats to Iran seen as bluff - for now
ISRAEL seems content to keep Iran and the rest of the world guessing uneasily about whether and when it might attack the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities. It has done little to douse speculation stoked by a big Israeli air force exercise last (...)

02 - 07 - 2008
Iran a challenge for next US president
THE next US president will have no easy policy options on Iran - attacking, accommodating or boxing it in are all fraught with risks and difficulties. Even these choices for Barack Obama or John McCain could be pre-empted if Israel exploits the (...)

05 - 06 - 2008
Perilous absurdity of Lebanon politics
EMPTY seats are proliferating in Beirut's political theatre of the absurd, symptoms of a deep malaise that has crippled Lebanese government institutions, damaged the economy and fuelled fears of renewed civil war. The president's chair has been (...)

23 - 04 - 2008
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