No Conditions on Syrian Dialogue
Al-Monitor’s coverage and analysis of the demonstrations in the West Bank, the role of Hezbollah in Syria, and the urgency of starting negotiations between the Syrian government and the opposition without conditions.
![Syria's President Bashar al-Assad meets International peace envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi in Damascus Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets International peace envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi in Damascus December 24, 2012 in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA. Brahimi met with Assad in Damascus on Monday to discuss a solution to the country's 21-month-old conflict. Brahimi told journalists after the meeting that he discussed the situation in Syria overall and gave his views on how to solve the crisis. He said conditions in the country were still poor. REUTERS/Sana (S](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/02/1-RTR3BVMI.jpg/1-RTR3BVMI.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=qpsELDRm)
Palestinian Protests
The evolution of the plight of Palestinian prisoners as a trend for renewed protests in the West Bank, has been covered extensively in Al-Monitor.