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Conflict Resolution: #Iran Breaks Deadlock

Dear Pitaconsumers, Step one in the deadlock with Iran broke last night around 9PM EST as Iran’s Chief Negotiator, Javed Zarif, shared an historic tweet: @JZarif “We have reached and agreement.”   #Iran #Irantalks”. World powers by way of the … Continue reading

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Middle East Institute Annual Conference: Managing Transition, Containing Conflict but #NODrones

“You can’t have peace in #Syria without #Iran in negotiations.”~Mohsen Milani Middle East Institute 67th Annual Conference: Managing Transition, Containing Conflict From November 14th to 15th, the Middle East Institute held its 67th annual conference.  To kick off the MEI … Continue reading

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“I’m not an employee…I’m a Political Activist.”~Deputy PM for Economic Affairs #Syria #QadriJamil #Defection

We’ve counted 403 news stories about Bashar Al Assad’s sack of his senior official, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Qadri Jamil, yesterday.  This came after Jamil met with American official in Geneva. Jamil is a Russian educated economist.  Lately, … Continue reading

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Playing Poker in #Syria-Part 2

Earlier Sunday morning, Lebanese newspaper Al-Nahar offered this headline: “Assad charts escape to Russia via Tartus to Lebanon.  Uhhh…great if that happens before Syria strike decisions become irreversible. Before the G-20 Summit, Syria was not at the top of the … Continue reading

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Playing Poker in Syria

Dear Pita-consumers~ The United States’ Intelligence officials say that they are in the process of showing all their cards in a high-stakes poker game.  It’s high-stakes not because over 100,000 Syrians have been killed…but because a smaller number have been … Continue reading

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Will New Redline Include Number of UN investigators or Relief Workers Killed?

Greetings Pitaconsumers: On August 23rd, we crossed the 1 millionth #refugee child mark regarding the Syria crisis.  The ‘We’ implies that we acknowledge that we  still participate in the international community even though 3 of the Arab League state members, … Continue reading

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Syria: Cash Flow Problems for “Mayor of Damascus” #SyriaCrisis

Syria is overwhelmed with other economic challenges–apart from the serious human rights abuses, EU & US sanctions, and refugee crisis produced in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Turkey.  Prior to the March 15th Day of Rage events in Syria, the Syrian … Continue reading

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Qusair: A microcosm of @UN politics at the Expense of 30,000 Besieged Inhabitants

PITAPOLICY believes that Qusair/Qusayr represents the standstill of politicking at the United Nations…below we have broken down the besieged Qusair into Politics, Impact, Technology, and Analysis that have developed since Senator John McCain’s visit to Syria.   Politics AP reports … Continue reading

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