February 2012
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Q&A: Nir Rosen’s predictions for Syria Journalist who recently travelled the country draws on his experiences to consider Syria’s fate. 24 Feb 2012 Journalist Nir Rosen recently spent two months in Syria. As well as meeting members of various communities across the country - supporters of the country’s rulers and of the opposition alike - he spent time with armed...
Feb 27th
Q&A: Nir Rosen on daily life in Syria Journalist who recently spent time travelling the country describes what life is like for the people he met. 20 Feb 2012 Journalist Nir Rosen recently spent two months in Syria. As well as meeting members of various communities across the country - supporters of the country’s rulers and of the opposition alike - he spent time with armed...
Feb 27th
Q&A: Nir Rosen on Syrian sectarianism Journalist who recently spent time with Syria’s diverse communities describes growing divides in society. 18 Feb 2012 Journalist Nir Rosen recently spent two months in Syria. As well as meeting members of various communities across the country - supporters of the country’s rulers and of the opposition alike - he spent time with armed...
Feb 27th
Q&A: Nir Rosen on Syria’s protest movement Journalist who recently travelled around the country discusses the nature and goals of the opposition. 16 Feb 2012 Journalist Nir Rosen recently spent two months in Syria. As well as meeting members of various communities across the country - supporters of the country’s rulers and of the opposition alike - he spent time with armed...
Feb 27th
Q&A: Nir Rosen on Syria’s armed opposition Journalist who recently spent time with fighters says there is no central leadership to the armed resistance. 13 Feb 2012 Journalist Nir Rosen recently spent two months in Syria with unique access. As well as meeting members of various communities across the country - supporters of the country’s rulers and of the opposition alike...
Feb 27th
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The battle for Homs Government forces appear determined to regain control of opposition-held areas in restive Syrian city. Nir Rosen  11 Feb 2012 The Syrian city of Homs has been under attack for nearly a week, as government forces allied to President Bashar al-Assad try to regain control of opposition-held areas. The city, in the centre of the country, has emerged as the capital of the...
Feb 27th
October 2011
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Assad’s Alawites: An entrenched community Nir Rosen spends time deep inside Syria’s pro-regime Alawite community. Nir Rosen Last Modified: 12 Oct 2011 13:14 Driving near the high-altitude resort of Slonfeh in the Alawite mountains of the Latakia region, I passed a funeral tent for a Syrian soldier killed in the region the previous week, one of two military “martyrs”...
Oct 12th
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Assad’s Alawites: The guardians of the throne Syria’s Alawite community have a history of persecution, but dominate the ruling family’s security forces. Nir Rosen Last Modified: 10 Oct 2011 17:49 As we left the central Syrian city of Homs, Abu Laith pulled a 9mm Llama pistol from under his shirt, loaded it and placed it in the gap between our seats. He was a sergeant...
Oct 10th
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A conversation with Grand Mufti Hassoun Grand Mufti Hassoun, whose 22-year-old son was recently assassinated in Syria, is a supporter of Bashar al-Assad. Nir Rosen Last Modified: 03 Oct 2011 15:13 As the Syrian uprising turns more violent, the latest victim in a spate of assassinations is Saria Hassoun, the 22-year-old son of Syria’s Grand Mufti, Shiekh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun. The...
Oct 3rd
Part 3 of 3 in my Series on Syrian Demonstrations The tides of mosques Protesters were hoping Ramadan would prove a turning point, yet the powerful regime managed to quash most dissent. Nir Rosen Last Modified: 02 Oct 2011 15:50 This is the final instalment of a three-part feature by Al Jazeera journalist Nir Rosen. For the previous chapters, click here: Ghosts in the mosques [part...
Oct 2nd
September 2011
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Part 2 of 3 in my Series on Syrian Demonstrations Syria’s symphony of scorn Criticism of the Assad regime spreads wider, as families grieve for protesters who have been killed in the crackdown.Nir Rosen Last Modified: 30 Sep 2011 13:07 This is the second of a three-part feature by Al Jazeera journalist Nir Rosen. You can read the first part here. On August 3, I visited the...
Sep 30th
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Part 1 of 3 in my Series on Syrian Demonstrations Ghosts in the mosques Opposition to the Syrian regime runs deep, as women, children, and the elderly take part in the resistance. Nir Rosen Last Modified: 30 Sep 2011 07:26 The uprising in Syria, as in elsewhere in the Arab world, has relied mainly on peaceful demonstrations; although also like Egypt, Yemen and even Bahrain, there has been...
Sep 30th
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Part 2 of my series on Syria's Armed Opposition
Armed defenders of Syria’s revolution Nir Rosen discusses instances of armed clashes between Syrian army defectors and State security forces. Nir Rosen Last Modified: 27 Sep 2011 14:04 While outsiders debate when or if the Syrian opposition will turn to arms, on the ground it is clear that elements of the opposition have used violence against the security forces from early in the...
Sep 27th
Part 1 of my series on Syria's Armed Opposition
Syria: The revolution will be weaponised Journalist Nir Rosen discusses armed struggle with army officers who have defected to join the opposition. Nir Rosen Last Modified: 23 Sep 2011 14:36 Editors note: Al Jazeera special correspondent Nir Rosen spent seven weeks travelling throughout Syria with unique access to all sides. He visited Daraa, Damascus, Homs, Hama, Latakia and Aleppo to...
Sep 27th
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Paris Match ACTU-MATCH | VENDREDI 23 SEPTEMBRE 2011 SYRIE: LE PEUPLE VISÉ À BOUT PORTANT   Le printemps arabe s’arrête sur le chemin de Damas et le régime de Bachar El-Assad n’en finit pas de faire couler le sang. Pendant sept semaines, au cœur de la répression, notre envoyé spécial a parcouru le pays. Nir Rosen - Paris Match   Homs (Syrie centrale) : Tous unis dans la nuit ...
Sep 23rd
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June 2011
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Another article I wrote about Yemeni state...
Saleh: Suppressing opponents from within In Yemen, president’s regime has long used torture as part of its “security apparatus”. Nir Rosen Last Modified: 31 May 2011 15:22 Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s violent suppression of peaceful demonstrators since February, and his seeming determination to drive his country to civil war must surely be embarrassing to...
Jun 1st
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May 2011
5 posts
my article on the Yemeni regime's persecution of a...
Yemen to cartoonist: ‘We can squash you’Exposing crimes of Yemen’s president and the US military is a dangerous game, one cartoonist learns. Nir Rosen Last Modified: 28 May 2011 12:16 As the Yemeni standoff continues, dictatorial president Ali Abdallah Saleh stubbornly clings to the seat of power. If indeed the country descends into civil war it will be among the elites...
May 28th
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my article on the persecution of Yemeni Shiites
Yemen’s Shia dilemma Shia Muslims say they are facing persecution from the authorities, including raids on homes and torture. Nir Rosen Last Modified: 24 May 2011 In 2009, Yemeni security forces arrested four men for being Shia. Yemen’s north is dominated by Zaydis, a sect of Shias very distinct from the Twelver Shias who are found in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Bahrain and elsewhere. ...
May 25th
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My article critiquing Western media coverage of...
A Critique of Reporting on the Middle East by Nir Rosen [Image from CNN] I’ve spent most of the last eight years working in Iraq and also in Somalia, Afghanistan, Yemen, and other countries in the Muslim world. So all my work has taken place in the shadow of the war on terror and has in fact been thanks to this war, even if I’ve labored to disprove the underlying premises of this war. In a way...
May 19th
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My Article on the Bin Laden Killing
Al Qa’eda was always a fringe group with no roots in the Arab world Nir Rosen A flight from Istanbul to New York the day after Usama Bin Ladin was assassinated is an inopportune time to write about what it all means, but I would be thinking about little else anyway between the security checks, the turbulence and the guy at customs asking me what I was just doing in Iraq. Last night...
May 6th
April 2011
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My New Article on Sectarianism in the Arab World
Originally published in http://www.jadaliyya.com Part 1 is Here and Part 2 is Here On 22 March, Sha‘lan Sharif wrote an article in the spirit of Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal,” in al-Akhbar, the Arab world’s leading leftist newspaper. Sharif compared “the Jewish question” in pre holocaust Europe to the “Shiite question” of today. Jews were accused of conspiring against Europe, and...
Apr 17th
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March 2011
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My New Article on the Revolution in Yemen and How...
Here’s my latest article for Jadaliyya, its a long version of this article in the New Statesman On February 11 after the Friday noon prayers Yemeni students and activists organized a demonstration in the capital city of Sanaa in solidarity with Egyptian demonstrators frustrated with Mubarak’s refusal to resign. At about 1 PM they met in front of the small roundabout by the new campus of...
Mar 18th
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February 2011
4 posts
Response to my Post on Israel and Iran
So an American friend who comes from a very different professional background than Max and I but has a lot of time on the ground in the region and has very sound judgment had this to say in response to my last post: 1) I agree that few Arab elites will see Iran as a winner in the latest unrest, even as Iran will continue to claim credit.  The Iranian leadership is deeply worried about...
Feb 27th
What this means for Israel and Iran
With an update at the bottom: So all this revolution business is not good for Iran for two reasons. The obvious one is that Iran may also be caught up in the  wave of popular revolutions sweeping the region. Regardless of what happens inside Iran, it seems quite likely that Iran will lose much of its influence if Egypt regains any of its natural role in the Arab world. Iran had influence...
Feb 25th
The Unstoppable Revolutionary Power of al Jazeera
Watching Qadhafi give his speech I’m relieved to see that somebody has more public relations problems than I do right now. Al Jazeera is juxtaposing his speech with footage of Libyan’s opposing him in Benghazi. This is similar to what Jazeera did in Egypt, when it went from Mubarak speaking to the reaction of Egyptians in Tahrir Square, or from Umar Suleiman speaking to those demonstrators. Its...
Feb 22nd
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Jamming al Jazeera
So whats the difference between jelly and jam? You cant jelly al Jazeera. For the last couple of days al Jazeera has been jammed. Today it was unjammed. Several Lebanese channels like al Manar were also jammed (and Fox Series for some reason). Anyway, the jamming was coming from Libya, near a hospital in the capital city of Tripoli. Its a surprisingly easy thing to do, as it turns out. You just...
Feb 21st
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