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Al-Quds Al-Arabi – July 09, 2018 The second meeting of US President Trump with his Russian counterpart is expected in Helsinki, after that on the sidelines of the G20 summit in the summer of 2017, described as positive by both parties, during which the various crises mainly in Syria and Ukraine […]

The Helsinki meeting puts the Syrian rebels at a crossroads

9 Jul, 2018 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles tagged HELSINKI MEETING / IRAN / JORDAN / PKK / PUTIN / RUSSIA / SYRIA / SYRIAN REVOLUTION / TRUMP / TURKEY / USA

Huffington Post Greece – Apr. 30, 2018 In one of my previous articles, I explained in detail the change in the US strategy in the Middle East and urged the Arabs to redesign their strategy without taking into account the moves of the current US government. In an unprecedented move in the US […]

Pompeo in Tillerson’s place: the effects on the Middle East ...

30 Apr, 2018 in Articles / Huffington Post Greece tagged DEMOCRATS / EUROPE / EUROPEAN UNION / IRAN / MIDDLE EAST / NUCLEAR DEAL / POMPEO / QATAR / REPUBLICANS / SAUDI ARABIA / SYRIA / TILLERSON / TRUMP / TURKEY / UAE / USA

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – issue 9168, p. 21, Apr. 28, 2018 It is certain that the Russian-Iranian relations are a matter of mutual interest. The support provided by Moscow to Tehran during the Iran nuclear program talks concerned mainly two points: First: Tehran is one of the most important countries hostile […]

Russian-Iranian relations after the trilateral strike

28 Apr, 2018 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles tagged ASSAD / IRAN / IRAQ / IRGC / ISRAEL / LEBANON / OBAMA / PUTIN / RUSSIA / SYRIA / TRUMP / YEMEN

Originally published in Huffington Post Greece on Feb. 20, 2018 The Israeli-Syrian border has recently been the most intense of the past decades. The Assad regime’s anti-aircraft system shot down an Israeli F-16, one of the eight aircraft that entered the Syrian airspace following the fall of an enemy drone […]

Golan heights on fire

6 Mar, 2018 in Articles / Huffington Post Greece tagged ASSAD / ASSAD REGIME / GOLAN / IRAN / ISRAEL / KURDS / MIDDLE EAST / PUTIN / RUSSIA / SYRIA / SYRIAN REVOLUTION / TRUMP / USA

Originally published in the Greek weekly newspaper “Paraskinio”, issue 617, p. 39, on Feb. 10 As the Turkish presidential elections are approaching, it is important to monitor the evolution of internal, regional and international developments that affect Turkey. It seems that this time the election will not be a walk […]

The battle for the upcoming Turkish elections will not be ...

10 Feb, 2018 in Articles / Paraskinio tagged AFRIN / ASSAD / ERDOGAN / EUROPE / FRANCE / GERMANY / IRAN / KURDS / MACRON / MERKEL / MIDDLE EAST / OLIVE BRANCH / PUTIN / PYD / RUSSIA / SYRIA / SYRIAN REVOLUTION / TRUMP / TURKEY / TURKISH ELECTIONS / USA / YPG

Originally published in the Greek weekly newspaper “Paraskinio”, issue 614, p. 39, on Jan. 20 The ocean corridors, dominated by the US after the Second World War and the end of the Cold War, have been and are still one of the main causes of wars and influence among international […]

The conflict on the maritime corridors between the Mediterranean and ...

20 Jan, 2018 in Articles / Paraskinio tagged ARCTIC SEA / EUROPE / EUROPEAN UNION / FRANCE / GERMANY / IRAN / IRAQ / MARITIME CORRIDORS / MEDITERRANEAN SEA / NATO / PUTIN / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / TRUMP / TURKEY / USA / YEMEN

Originally published in Huffington Post Greece on Jan. 14, 2018 With the completion of the Turkish business “Shield of the Euphrates,” a number of Turkish officials, mainly President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, confirmed that Turkey would not end its military operations, but that was rather a prelude to the start of […]

The last hours before the Battle of Afrin

14 Jan, 2018 in Articles / Huffington Post Greece tagged ERDOGAN / IRAN / IRAQ / ISIS / KURDS / MIDDLE EAST / NATO / PALESTINE / PKK / PUTIN / PYD / RUSSIA / SYRIAN CRISIS / SYRIAN OPPOSITION / SYRIAN REVOLUTION / TURKEY / USA / YPG

Originally published in the Greek weekly newspaper “Paraskinio”, issue 611, p. 39, on Dec. 29, 2017 The Cold War between NATO and Russia Rebounds Dynamically Over the last five years there has been an increase in tension and military expansion from US-led NATO countries on the one hand and Russia […]

The roaring “bear”

29 Dec, 2017 in Articles / Paraskinio tagged EGYPT / ERDOGAN / EUROPE / EUROPEAN UNION / IRAN / IRAQ / MIDDLE EAST / NATO / OBAMA / PUTIN / RUSSIA / SYRIA / TURKEY / USA

Originally published in the Greek weekly newspaper “Paraskinio”, issue 609, p. 47, on Dec. 16, 2017 For nearly two months, Washington is examining the case of Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab about his role in breaking the economic embargo imposed by Washington and the United Nations on Iran for its nuclear […]

Reza Zarrab: from an accused, a witness

16 Dec, 2017 in Articles / Paraskinio tagged ERDOGAN / EUROPE / EUROPEAN UNION / FRANCE / GERMANY / IRAN / MIDDLE EAST / NUCLEAR DEAL / RUSSIA / TRUMP / TURKEY / USA

The atmosphere in Lebanon is electrified in the last two weeks after the announcement of the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri from Riyadh. Although, according to Reuters, the resignation was made under pressure from Saudi Arabia, it is certain that its timing is not accidental if we take […]