Dispatch from Damascus

The writer is an American in Syria posting under the pseudonym of al-Farabi.

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Syrian Summer for Mitchell

Breaking: The Mitchell Team is heading to Damascus.  The Obama administration is wise to support the Turkish mediated indirect talks especially as momentum on the Israeli-Palestinian front has slowed.  One might suppose that George Mitchell will be spending a good deal of the summer in Syria.

Although al-Farabi has clearly cheerleaded the diplomatic moves between Israel and Syria this week, tomorrow or this weekend he’s going to post a contrarian take.