Suggestions

  • World
  • Business
  • Arts
  • Politics
0
  • Home
  • Sri Lanka
  • Editorials
  • Defence
  • Business
  • World
  • Essays
    • Politics
  • New Books
  • Disclaimer Notice

0

MOST RECENT

Revenge of Geography: Sri Lanka’s path to Ruin or Success

December 9, 2024
Columns/Sri Lanka

Robert D. Kaplan aptly stated in The Revenge of Geography that “geography is geopolitics.” This insight underscores the reality that Sri Lanka’s future hinges on its strategic location in the Indian Ocean

More

Iranian Officials Reveal Assad Ignored Warnings

December 9, 2024
Defence/News

Iranian officials have accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of ignoring critical intelligence and failing to act during a pivotal moment in Syria’s ongoing conflict. According to the officials, Iran had warned Assad

More

Israeli Forces Launch Strikes and Ground Operations in Syria

December 9, 2024
Defence/News

by Our Correspondent in Doha just hours after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Israeli warplanes launched targeted strikes on key military and strategic locations near Damascus. Among the targets were the

More

Breaking News: Bashar al-Assad Granted Asylum in Russia

December 8, 2024
Russia/Syria

Former President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow, Kremlin sources confirmed to RIA Novosti on December 8, 2025. The Russian government has officially granted them asylum, citing

More

The New Syria and Reactions to Assad’s Fall

December 8, 2024
Syria

With the fall of the Assad regime overnight and a transition process now underway, it feels good to be able to write more freely and freely use the term regime without having

More

Syria: Power Struggles and Shifting Dynamics

December 8, 2024
Columns/Geopolitics

The Syrian state was ravaged by the war between 2011 and 2014, followed by crippling sanctions that further debilitated the nation. Despite retaking key cities like Hama, Homs, and Aleppo, the Syrian

More

Breaking: Assad Leaves Syria for Smooth Power Transition — Russia Confirms

December 8, 2024
Russia/Syria

Russian officials have confirmed that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has left the country, following what is described as a series of high-stakes negotiations with various factions involved in the ongoing Syrian conflict.

More

Disappointment Grows After Failed Impeachment of S. Korean President

December 8, 2024
Geopolitics/South Korea

Despite bitter cold winds, large crowds of people have gathered around the National Assembly in Seoul, capital of South Korea, since early morning of Saturday, the day of an impeachment motion vote

More

Total Aid For Ukraine Tops $119Bln Since February 2022 — Pentagon

December 8, 2024
Defence/News

The total volume of military support for Ukraine from allies since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in February 2022 exceeded $119 billion, including $62 billion from the United States,

More

Breaking: Rebels Claim Control of Damascus, Announce Fall of Assad Regime

December 8, 2024
News/Syria

by Our Correspondent in Doha In a dramatic televised address, opposition rebel factions in Syria declared that they had taken control of Damascus and overthrown President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The announcement marked

More

Breaking: Plane Allegedly Carrying Syrian President Assad Crashes?

December 8, 2024
Geopolitics/Syria

by Our Correspondent in Doha The IL-76T cargo plane allegedly carrying Bashar al-Assad, the now-former President of the Syrian Arab Republic, has reportedly crashed near the town of Al-Suwayri after disappearing from

More

National Security Ill-Advisers of the Past: When Politics Undermined Security

December 8, 2024
Columns/Politics

by A Concerned Citizen The Sri Lankan Security Forces have long been the bulwark of national survival, demonstrating courage and professionalism during the country’s most perilous times. Despite waves of political upheaval,

More

Nun’s Reign of Terror: Exposing Abuse at Nuwara Eliya Good Shepherd Girls’ School

December 8, 2024
Human Rights/Sri Lanka

by Our Special Correspondent   The case at hand represents a dark and disturbing chapter in the long history of institutional misconduct. It is a tale that involves violence, intimidation, systemic failure,

More

Biden Confirms 80,000 Troops in Europe to ‘Deter Russia’

December 8, 2024
Defence/News

Outgoing US President Joe Biden reported to Congress on the presence of 80,000 American troops in European countries, sent there to deter alleged Russian aggression. “Approximately 80,000 United States Armed Forces personnel

More

Sri Lanka Guardian and Sputnik Forge Strategic Media Partnership

December 8, 2024
Diplomacy/Journalism

An Announcement from the Editorial Team We are delighted to share that Sri Lanka Guardian has entered into a strategic agreement with Sputnik, marking a significant step forward in our mission to

More
Previous 1 … 1,014 1,015 1,016 1,017 1,018 … 1,365 Next

LATEST COLUMNS

The Ballot Box or the Barricades?

From threatened colonial institutions and mass police deployment in New

Kashmir: The Unfinished Legacy and South Asia’s Fragile Peace

Nearly eight decades after the events of 1947, Kashmir remains

Colombia threatens its Caribbean neighbor: Nicaragua

When Abelardo de la Espriella was declared the winner of

Social Media – An Unnecessary Evil?

Walk into any café, look into a living room, observe

The long journey back to the wild: The return of Przewalski’s horses

In the vast steppe of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous

The Spirit of Democracy Remains Strong

After the piece below had been drafted, news came in

A Victory for the Brazilian People Once More Through Lula

The week before 25 October in Brazil was frenetic. It

Afghanistan’s Taliban Face a Growing Insurgency — But No Existential Threat

Anti-Taliban armed resistance is spreading across Afghanistan, with the National

Punjab’s Gang Violence Tests Modi’s Security Strategy

Parvinder Singh Jhota spent years confronting suspected drug dealers in

Manipur’s Deadly Spiral: Ethnic Conflict Spawns a Wider Security Crisis

Manipur’s ethnic conflict is entering a more volatile phase, with

The Dangerous Politics of Mob Rule

When street violence is mistaken for popular will, a small

Bullets at a Funeral: Can Extremists Break Jordan’s Unity?

The killing of nine people at a Greek Orthodox funeral

From Anti-State Laws to State Repression

Having risen to power promising to dismantle draconian laws, the

The Architect Of Betrayal

Dr. Muhammad Yunus and the perils of a nation’s broken

Follow the Money: How Foreign Powers Buy Democracy

Financial influence has become a significant tool of global geopolitics,

The Sri Lanka Guardian is an online newspaper founded in August 2007 by a group of concerned Sri Lankan citizens including journalists, activists, academics and retired civil servants. Sri Lanka Guardian has registered as an online newspaper in the Government of Sri Lanka. This portal is currently a platform for over seven hundred regular writers from around the world. We are an independent and nonprofit. Email : editor@slguardian.org
  • Mirror Site
  • Privacy
  • Comment Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Disclaimer Notice
  • Home
  • Sri Lanka
  • Editorials
  • Defence
  • Business
  • World
  • Essays
    • Politics
  • New Books