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blog Syria Comment many journalists—especially in Israel—believed Moubayed’s views reflected those of the Assad regime at that time. For a thoughtful discussion of the issue by one Israeli journalist who quoted Moubayed, see “Yoav Stern Discusses His Coverage of Syrian Affairs,” Syria Comment (blog), November 9, 2008, http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/?p=1500. For further background of Syria’s spring 2009 public relations offensive to woo Obama, see Andrew J. Tabler, “Will Mitchell’s Trip Bypass Damascus?,” April 13, 2009, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=3043.

7. For a discussion of “Syrian triumphalism” and its ultimate impact on engagement with the Obama administration, see Steven Heydemann, “Why Syria Needs to Get a Grip,” Foreign Policy, April 20, 2010, http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/04/20/why_syria_needs_to_get_a_grip.

8. For more information, see “Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic,” Director General’s Report, International Atomic Energy Agency, February 18, 2010.

9. Cecile Hennion, “Dialogue de sourds entre Bachar Al-Assad et Ban Ki-moon,” Le Monde, June 28, 2007.

10. Excerpt from Andrew Tabler, “Assad Clenches His Fist,” Foreign Policy, August 28, 2009.

11. “Clinton Presses Syria to Abandon Iran, Halt Hizbullah Arms,” AFP, February 25, 2010.

12. Khaled Yacoub Oweis, “Syria and Iran Defy Clinton in Show of Unity,” Reuters, February 25, 2010.

13. Charles Levinson and Jay Solomon, “Syria Gave Scuds to Hezbollah, U.S. Says,” Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2010.

14. Jay Solomon, “Interview with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,” Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2011.

15. Anthony Shadid, “Reviled Tycoon, Assad’s Cousin, Resigns in Syria,” New York Times, June 16, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/world/middleeast/17syria.html.

16. Excerpted from Andrew Tabler, “Another Deeply Disappointing Speech by Bashar al-Assad,” CNN Global Public Square (blog), June 20, 2011, http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/20/another-deeply-disappointing-speech-by-bashar-al-assad/.

17. The following argument is based on an edited excerpt from Andrew Tabler, “Twisting Assad’s Arm,” Foreign Policy, April 14, 2011, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/14/twisting_assads_arm.

18. Jay Solomon, “U.S. Considers Push for U.N. Action in Syria,” Wall Street Journal, August 6, 2010, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704657504575411762167580080.html.

INDEX

Abdel-Azim, Hassan, 90–91, 108–9, 140–44, 155

Abdulhamid, Ammar, 26, 52–53, 56–57, 181, 201

Abdullah, Ali al-, 91

Abdullah, King (Saudi Arabia), 84

Abu Kamal (border town), 74–75

Abu Nidal Organization, 14

Aflaq, Michel, 134

Agence France-Presse (AFP), 192

Ahl al-Bayt tombs, 171

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, 119–20, 150, 175, 228–29

Ahmar, Abdullah al-, 107

Ain Saheb, 48

Akhras, Fawaz, 35

Akhtari, Mohammad Hassan, 168–69

al-Aqsa intifada, 221

Alawites, 5, 7, 18, 36, 60, 111, 113, 125–26, 140, 171, 178, 180–81, 219, 231, 233–34

Al Kibar, 195, 201, 209, 219–20, 232, 241

al-Qaeda, 22, 25, 164, 194, 216, 219, 226, 231

Ali, Mounir, 31, 38

AMAL (organization), 57

Amal (political movement), 205

American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham), 20–21, 23

American Cultural Center, 216

American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), 209–10

American Language Center (ALC), 216

AMIDEAST, 166

Amin, Taleb Kadi, 59

Annapolis peace conference, 200

anti-US protests, 86–88

Aoun, Michel, 105

Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD), 193

Arabiya, Al, television, 114

Arafat, Yasir, 35

Armitage, Richard, 228

Ashura, 170

Aspen Institute, 144

Assad, Anissa al-, 38

Assad, Asma al-, xviii, 25, 32, 34–38, 45–46, 51, 54–55, 57–58, 68–74, 92, 114, 180, 207

Assad, Basel al-, 110

Assad, Bashar al-ascension to presidency, 16, 51, 85, 151

and corruption, 71, 92, 230–31, 236, 239, 242

and economic downturn, xix, 242

and Hariri assassination investigation, 113–15, 117–20, 140–41, 176

and Hezbollah, xx, 13, 156, 158, 219, 232, 237–38, 241

and human