Excellent article (mais très long) dans la London Review of books : « The hijackers » par Hugh Roberts.
L’article se présente comme un passage en revue fouillé de l’histoire politique de la Syrie du début de l’époque mandataire à nos jours pour critiquer la thèse de J.P. Filiu selon laquelle l’"Etat profond" syrien (ou les nouveaux « Mamelouks ») a produit l’Etat islamique pour pirater la révolution syrienne afin d’assurer sa survie.
►http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n14/hugh-roberts/the-hijackers
Malgré la haute tenue de l’article trois remarques :
– l’auteur a omis d’indiquer que le concept d’"Etat profond" tiré de l’histoire turque contemporaine où il désignait un ensemble de forces (mafieuses, militaires, des services turcs et étrangers et des Loups gris d’Anatolie) orientant de manière secrète la politique en Turquie, a par la suite été développé et popularisé par l’universitaire canadien Peter Dale Scott pour désigner par analogie un complexe de forces occultes au sein de l’Etat US. Son emprunt par Filiu censé étayer sa thèse que l’Etat syrien est le concepteur de Da3ich n’est donc pas anodin car Filiu retourne un concept développé pour tenter de donner un fondement théorique aux thèses dénonçant une implication US dans le 11.09 (Dale Scott est proche des truthers) en une arme dans la propagande de guerre contre le régime d’Assad, clairement ciblé par l’Etat américain, profond ou pas.
– je me demande si l’auteur ne s’illusionne pas un peu sur la bonne volonté de Lakhdar Brahimi dont il omet de rappeler les liens avec la famille royale jordanienne (la princesse Rym de Jordanie est la fille de Brahimi)
– l’auteur s’avère incapable de rendre compte de l’aspect « révolution colorée » des révoltes arabes et des conséquences de cet aspect
FIFA - Michel Platini soutient le Prince Ali
►http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Michel-platini-soutient-le-prince-ali/561228
Michel Platini soutient le Prince Ali
Le Prince Ali, c’est le demi-frère du roi Abdallah et s’il est élu à la tête de la Fifa, comme ce n’est pas impossible, ce sera un des très gros scandales à venir. Au passage, je trouve des similarités entre les déclarations de Platini et celles de Fabius !
Le côté entre-soi est tout à fait mignon :
▻http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_de_Jordanie
Le 23 avril 2004, le prince Ali épouse l’Algérienne Rym Brahimi (1969), ancienne journaliste de CNN, fille de Lakhdar Brahimi, représentant spécial des Nations unies pour l’Afghanistan et l’Irak.
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France : ordre national de la Légion d’honneur
#UN's #syria envoy Lakhdar #Brahimi to step down this month
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/uns-syria-envoy-lakhdar-brahimi-step-down-month
International Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi will step down from the role on May 31, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. For more than a year, Brahimi has made no secret that he is contemplating stepping down from the post as the United Nations and Arab League joint special representative on Syria. Brahimi is due to brief the UN Security Council later on Tuesday. (Reuters)
#syria: Stupid management of state-run media and censoring of useful media
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syria-stupid-management-state-run-media-and-censoring-useful-medi
United Nations Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is seen on a cell phone camera as he talks to the media after briefing a Security Council meeting on Syria March 13, 2014 at UN headquarters in New York. (Photo: AFP-Stand Honda) United Nations Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is seen on a cell phone camera as he talks to the media after briefing a Security Council meeting on Syria March 13, 2014 at UN headquarters in New York. (Photo: AFP-Stand Honda)
Since the beginning of the crisis in Syria, media has been the sharpest and most deadly and destructive weapon. It is the basis upon which the adventurers - who could care less for the blood of innocents - relied. It is also the weapon that Syria’s enemies in the Gulf countries and (...)
#Opinion #Articles #Baath_Party #Bashar_al-Assad #Syrian_Media
#UN's #syria envoy asks to resign
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/uns-syria-envoy-asks-resign
The Damascus representative of UN-Arab League Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has asked to quit his post, a UN spokesman said Monday. #Mokhtar_Lamani, who heads Brahimi’s Damascus office, “has submitted a request to the United Nations to be relieved of his duties, but he has not officially resigned,” UN spokesman Khaled al-Masri told AFP. The spokesman did not provide an explanation for Lamani’s decision. He was appointed to represent Brahimi in Damascus in September 2012. read more
Syrian opposition calls for transitional government in #Geneva_II talks
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syrian-opposition-calls-transitional-government-geneva-ii-talks
The Syrian opposition called on Wednesday for a transitional governing body to be set up that would oversee a total ceasefire under UN monitoring and be empowered to drive out foreign fighters deployed on both sides of the civil war. The classified paper, obtained by Reuters, was presented to international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi and a Syrian government delegation at a joint session held at peace talks in Geneva. read more
Brahimi pushes for peace commitment from both sides in #syria peace talks
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/brahimi-pushes-peace-commitment-both-sides-syria-peace-talks
Syria’s warring sides launched a new round of peace talks Monday, as an agreement from the first round last month was being implemented with aid convoys evacuating the besieged city of Homs. The #UN and Arab League mediator, veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi, began the latest session in Geneva by shuttling between the government and opposition teams. In a letter reviewed by Reuters on Monday, Brahimi increased pressure on the two sides to show willingness in a peace process sponsored by Moscow and Washington that made no progress in the first round. read more
Syrian government rejects transitional body: minister
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syrian-government-rejects-transitional-body-minister
The Syrian government reiterated its rejection on Saturday of a proposal to form a transitional ruling body as part of a political solution to the country’s nearly three-year conflict. “We have complete reservations regarding it,” Information Minister Omran Zoabi told reporters shortly before the government was due to hold its first talks with an opposition delegation in Geneva, in the presence of international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi. read more
Brahimi: Syrian government, opposition to meet Saturday
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/brahimi-syrian-government-opposition-meet-saturday
United Nations security officers stand guard in the media area after clashes between journalists at the “Geneva II” #peace_talks dedicated to the ongoing conflict in #syria, on January 24, 2014, in Geneva. (Photo: AFP - Philippe Desmazes) United Nations security officers stand guard in the media area after clashes between journalists at the “Geneva II” peace talks dedicated to the ongoing conflict in Syria, on January 24, 2014, in Geneva. (Photo: AFP - Philippe Desmazes)
Syria’s government and opposition have agreed to meet in the same room on Saturday and accept that their talks will be based on a 2012 communique which called for a transitional governing body to be set up, mediator #Lakhdar_Brahimi said on Friday. (...)
#Russia says ready to host informal #syria talks
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/russia-says-ready-host-informal-syria-talks
Russia is ready to host informal talks between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government and the opposition, ITAR-TASS quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov as saying on Wednesday. The news agency quoted Bogdanov, who represented Russia at talks in Geneva on Tuesday with US officials and UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, as saying that the consultations “do not necessarily have to end in some sort of agreement.” It was most important to "create an atmosphere for (future) (...)
Brahimi pushes for #syria talks as #UN warns of rising child malnutrition
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/brahimi-pushes-peace-talks-un-warns-rising-child-malnutrition-syr
A handout picture released on November 1, 2013 by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra shows UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi attending a press conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut. (Photo: AFP / Dalati and Nohra)
The UN-Arab League envoy to Syria has said no peace conference will be possible without the Syrian opposition, as the United Nations warned of rising malnutrition among children trapped in battle zones. Hoping to build on the momentum of (...)
#UN's Brahimi meets with Assad in bid to salvage Geneva II talks
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/uns-brahimi-meets-assad-bid-salvage-geneva-ii-talks
Syrian deputy foreign minister Faisal Meqdad, left, and UN-Arab League envoy to #syria Lakhdar Brahimi arrive at the Sheraton hotel on October 30, 2013 in Damascus. (Photo: AFP - Louai Beshara)
UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi was meeting President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus Wednesday, the third day of a visit aimed at bringing Syria’s warring parties to the negotiating table. More than 115,000 people have been killed in the 31-month armed uprising (...)
L’édito d’Al-Amine est particulièrement intéressant : Syria Crisis : New Global Balance in the Making
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syria-crisis-new-global-balance-making
But both the Iranians and the Russians realized that in order to stop Obama from carrying out his attack and convince him to move in the direction of a political solution, they had to find a compromise that would be acceptable to all sides.
In doing so, they were met halfway by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UN Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, who were working on a separate track to achieve the following:
First, to prevent any spoilers – such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, France, and Israel – from influencing the UN weapons inspectors’ report on the alleged chemical attack in Damascus. And second, to get Geneva II back on track, especially after Brahimi received encouragement from a number of leaders at the G20 meeting in that direction.
Une entente russo-américaine pour mettre fin à la guerre en Syrie par la négociation ?
Syrian opposition insists on Assad’s departure before any deal - Alarabiya.net English | Front Page
▻http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/05/08/Syrian-opposition-insists-on-Assad-s-departure-before-any-deal.ht
Syria’s main opposition National Coalition on Wednesday said any political settlement to the country’s two-year-old conflict must start with President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, implicitly rejecting a U.S.-Russian initiative for dialogue with the regime.
U.N.-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, meanwhile, hailed the agreement between Washington and Moscow to push both sides in the Syrian conflict to end the bloodshed and sit down for talks.
“The National Coalition welcomes all international efforts which call for a political solution to achieve the aspirations of the Syrian people and their hope for a democratic state, so long as they begin with the departure of Bashar al-Assad and his regime,” the opposition umbrella group said.
The response could be a blow to the U.S.-Russian initiative, which is based on an international deal agreed in Geneva last year that makes no mention of Assad stepping down.
The opposition has long insisted that the embattled president cannot stay on, but the regime insists that Assad’s future will be decided in elections, with a presidential vote scheduled for 2014.
“This is the first hopeful news concerning that unhappy country in a very long time,” Brahimi said of the deal announced by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russia counterpart Sergei Lavrov after talks in Moscow on Tuesday.
“The statements made in Moscow constitute a very significant first step forward. It is nevertheless only a first step,” said Brahimi, who an aide said has been mulling resignation over the apparent absence of a political track to resolve a war that has killed more than 70,000 people.
“There is every reason to expect” backing for the accord from the remaining U.N. Security Council permanent members” – Britain, China and France, the veteran Algerian diplomat added.
“It is equally important that the entire region mobilizes in the support of the process.”
British Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Wednesday he will fly to the Russian resort of Sochi on Friday to discuss the Syrian conflict with President Vladimir Putin.
The U.S.-Russian deal was announced at a joint press conference, with Lavrov saying the two countries were ready to use all their resources to bring “the government and opposition to the negotiating table.”
“We agreed that Russia and the United States will encourage both the Syria government and opposition groups to find a political solution,” he said.
Lavrov and Kerry said they hoped they could convene an international conference by the end of May to build on a deal agreed by world powers in Geneva last June for a peaceful solution in Syria.
The Geneva deal, which calls for a transitional government but makes no mention of Assad’s fate, “should be the roadmap... by which the people of Syria can find their way to the new Syria and in which the bloodshed, the killing, the massacres can end,” Kerry said.
Brahimi eyes new U.N. envoy role in Syria, dropping Arab League: envoys | Reuters
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/16/us-syria-crisis-brahimi-idUSBRE93F1FJ20130416
U.N.-Arab League Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi hopes to revamp his role as an international peace mediator in the Syrian conflict as a United Nations envoy without any official link to the Arab bloc, U.N. diplomats said on Tuesday.
Brahimi has become increasingly frustrated with the league’s moves to recognize the Syrian opposition, which he feels has undermined his role as a neutral mediator, diplomats told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Brahimi confirmed as new UN Syria envoy
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/brahimi-confirmed-new-un-syria-envoy
The United Nations on Friday confirmed that veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi will replace former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as the international mediator on Syria as the 17-month-old conflict slides deeper into civil war.