Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

February 2, 2024 | David Adesnik |

Don’t Forget the Other U.N. Scandal in the Middle East

UNRWA employees’ participation in the 10/7 attack is the gravest crime ever committed by U.N. employees, but another scandal has had the greatest human cost.

September 27, 2023 | David Adesnik |

How US taxpayer dollars line the pockets of Syrian despot Bashar al-Assad

Presidents and prime ministers descended on Manhattan the past two weeks to take part in the 78th annual session of the UN General Assembly. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took the stage at Turtle...

April 12, 2023 | |

Iran Exploited Earthquake to Flood Weapons into Syria

After a February 6 earthquake claimed more than 6,000 Syrian lives, Iran sent the Damascus regime weapons and military equipment aboard flights supposedly bringing humanitarian aid, according to a Reuters investigation. Israeli intelligence agencies saw through this pretext, resulting in Israeli airstrikes against these cargos once delivered.

March 22, 2023 | |

Nations Pledge $1 Billion of Post-Quake Assistance for Syria Despite History of Aid Theft

Latest Developments At a conference on Monday in Brussels, donor states pledged an additional $1 billion of humanitarian aid to help Syrians recover from a February 6 earthquake that took thousands of lives....

July 18, 2022 | David Adesnik |

The UN Has Now Spent $81.6 Million at the Four Seasons Damascus

The United Nations released new procurement data last week showing that its agencies spent an additional $11.5 million last year at the Four Seasons Damascus, for a total of $81.6 million since 2014. The...

August 9, 2021 | David Adesnik |

The Road To Damascus Is Paved With Good Intentions

Excerpt Carsten Wieland, Syria and the Neutrality Trap: The Dilemmas of Delivering Humanitarian Aid through Violent Regimes (Bloomsbury, 2021) Bashar al Assad relied on Russian warplanes to ensure his...

July 30, 2021 | David Adesnik |

After Six-Month Wait, Biden Administration Imposes First Syria Sanctions

The departments of State and Treasury announced on Wednesday the imposition of sanctions on eight Syrian prisons and five officials in charge of them as part of the administration’s efforts to protect...

July 22, 2021 | David Adesnik |

UN Has Now Spent Over $70 Million at the Four Seasons Damascus

Newly released procurement data show that UN agencies spent $14.9 million last year on housing and other services at the Four Seasons Damascus, with total spending of $70.1 million at the hotel since 2014....

October 9, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Four Seasons Evades Questions About Hosting Hamas Terror Leader

The Four Seasons hotel chain is continuing to avoid questions about its recent hosting of a senior Hamas terror leader during a press conference held at the resort’s Doha location, sparking...

June 18, 2010 | |

Turkey’s Hollow Prize

It's time Congress pulled the plug on Washington's taxpayer-subsidized Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, which has turned itself into a global joke. With Turkey's l...

June 16, 2010 | Jessica Risch Pajamas Media

What Kind of Washington Fools Would Honor Turkey’ s Foreign Minister?

Update (June 16th, 2010 10:20 am): A press assistant at the Wilson Center confirmed this morning that what I wrote below is correct. The ceremonial dinner, honoring Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet...

June 16, 2010 | Bill Ardolino Pajamas Media

Yep, the Woodrow Wilson Center is Honoring the Foreign Minister of Turkey

It seems too incredible that after Turkey’s Iran-embracing terror-loving anti-American Israel-demonizing hijinks of recent times, the congressionally-created taxpayer-subsidized Woodrow Wil...