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  • 31 Jan 2012
    UN debate about Syria analysed on television

    Regional analyst and Ekklesia associate Dr Harry Hagopian will be expert commentator assisting the presenter for the Al-Jazeera (English) from 7:30 till 10:30 PM tonight (31 January 2012).

  • 29 Jan 2012
    The evolving situation in Syria

    My latest 12-minute interview has been with BBC Wiltshire Radio on the evolving situation in Syria. Bishop Declan Lang is Bishop of the Clifton Catholic Diocese and I am his Middle East and North Africa advisor.

  • 28 Jan 2012
    New year, new direction in the Middle East?

    Can we expect 2012 to be as monumentally eventful in the Middle East as 2011? Perhaps even more so.

  • 14 Jan 2012
    Foreign intervention would compromise popular uprising in Syria

    Foreign intervention in Syria would drive the country into a full- fledged civil war, give the regime the excuse to continue the crackdown on dissent, alienate the undecided, and invite destructive groups to fuel turmoil, argues Middle East commentator Ghassan Michel Rubeiz. In joining the uprising, defecting soldiers should not use their arms against the national army. To win a battle of wills a country could be lost.

  • 31 Dec 2011
    First anniversary of the 'Arab Spring': An assessment
  • 30 Nov 2011
    Developments in Syria, Egypt and beyond

    My latest Middle East Analysis pod-cast is a two-parter whose chief foci this time round are the fast-moving developments in Syria and Egypt.

  • 27 Nov 2011
    Reponse to child asylum seekers 'unacceptable', says Refugee Council

    The Refugee Council has called for a more effective system in response to a 2011 increase in Libyan and Syrian asylum seekers, particularly for children.

  • 21 Nov 2011
    Events are moving fast in Syria

    With developments relating to Syria proceeding fast, Middle East expert, churches' adviser, lawyer and Ekklesia associate Dr Harry Hagopian has been on Al Jazeera (English) again, offering an up-to-date assessment of where things are - not least in relation to Turkey's role and to the stance of the Arab League.

  • 14 Nov 2011
    UN must follow Syria's Arab League suspension with action

    The Arab League's decision to suspend Syria should spur the UN Security Council into action over its abuses, human rights campaigners say.

  • 5 Oct 2011
    Syrian campaign to silence protesters overseas exposed

    Syrian protesters in Europe and the Americas have been systematically monitored and harassed by officials acting on behalf of the regime