A ‘death stare war’ in Hangzhou turned into the Syria deal
by Rashmee
Posted on September 11, 2016 / The Arab Weekly
The Syrian conflict is not over yet. The ceasefire has not yet begun but the …
Read MorePalmyra is one of Putin’s and his Spetsnaz Special Forces’ Syria achievements
by Rashmee
Posted on April 3, 2016
Palmyra, which the Syrian army (helped by Iranian and Hezbollah forces) recaptured on Sunday, March …
Read MoreRefugees from Germany more grateful than the ones flowing in, eg the Dhnies
by Rashmee
Posted on March 30, 2016
Judith Kerr’s ‘Bombs on Aunty Dainty’ is a remarkable account of what it means to …
Read More#Turkey #SyriaRefugees Can Mr Erdogan use anger as a political tool?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 13, 2016
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, may be the man to do what no one has …
Read MoreCash for work: The big plan at tomorrow’s London Syria aid conference
by Rashmee
Posted on February 3, 2016
Tomorrow (February 4) is the annual Syrian aid conference in London and Germany will float …
Read MoreRome talks on Isil will add urgent Libyan Question to the tangled Syrian one
by Rashmee
Posted on December 12, 2015
John Kerry will be joining Sunday’s Rome talks and presumably, there will be some clarity …
Read MoreOn refugees, Angela Merkel has been nothing like that ugly new verb, Merkeln
by Rashmee
Posted on August 29, 2015
The migration issue – and Germany’s remarkable response to it this week – means it …
Read MoreWhat does it mean that Raqqa in Syria and Derna in Libya are twin cities?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 20, 2015
It’s been five months since Derna threw in its lot with ISIL – an opportunistic …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK