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Al-Sharq – 05/07/2018, issue 10976 On 5 June last year, with arbitrary actions of four states, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt, began Qatar’s blockade. The blockade started with a hacking operation and expanded to a clear violation of the human rights of citizens and foreign residents […]

Qatar has stood, will they survive?

5 Jul, 2018 in Al-Sharq / Articles tagged QATAR / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / TURKEY / UAE / USA / YEMEN

Al-Sharq – June 17, 2018, issue 10958 After a relative lull in the war in Yemen, the sounds of the weapons returned again. The goal this time was Al-Hudaydah and specifically its harbor. Some may see it as a reasonable and anticipated move, but looking at the details of the […]

Marine lanes and oil are two main reasons for the ...

17 Jun, 2018 in Al-Sharq / Articles tagged AL-HUDAYDAH / IRAN / QATAR / SAUDI ARABIA / TURKEY / UAE / USA / YEMEN

Huffington Post Greece – June 11, 2018 Since the first year of assuming power by the new French President Emmanuel Macron, we have seen great progress and revitalization in Paris’ traditional policy. The young president is trying hard to bring France back to the forefront of international politics from the […]

Macron’s new strategy in the international arena

11 Jun, 2018 in Articles / Huffington Post Greece tagged EGYPT / FRANCE / HOLLANDE / LIBYA / MAKRON / MIDDLE EAST / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SYRIA / UKRAINE / 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

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

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – issue 9020, p. 21, Nov. 28, 2017 Yes … the Syrian revolution has been betrayed by all the international partners and the Arab brothers. Yes … minorities clung to the sectarian monster at the expense of freedom and democracy. Yes … the Syrian people knew that the […]

The last line of hope

28 Nov, 2017 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles tagged ALEPPO / ASSAD / ASSAD REGIME / EUPHRATES SHIELD / EUROPE / EUROPEAN UNION / FRANCE / GREAT BRITAIN / HEZBOLLAH / ISIS / MIDDLE EAST / QATAR / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SYRIA / SYRIAN CRISIS / SYRIAN OPPOSITION / SYRIAN REVOLUTION / TRUMP / TURKEY / UN / 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 […]

The war against Hezbollah, the international factor and the role ...

19 Nov, 2017 in Analyses tagged GREECE / HEZBOLLAH / IRAN / KAMMENOS / NATO / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SYRIA / TSIPRAS / TURKEY / USA

Originally published in the Greek weekly newspaper “Paraskinio”, issue 602, p. 47, on Nov. 11, 2017 In recent days, there have been various developments in the wider Middle East region. The announcement by Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri of his resignation from Riyadh early last week was a major shock […]

The “Cold War” in the Middle East

11 Nov, 2017 in Articles / Paraskinio tagged HEZBOLLAH / IRAN / IRAQ / ISIS / ISRAEL / LEBANON / MIDDLE EAST / PUTIN / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SYRIA / TRUMP / TURKEY / USA / YEMEN

Paraskinio – issue 602, p. 46, Nov. 4, 2017 Nine months after Donald Trump took over as the leader of the White House, investigator Robert Mueller began to publish his first research on the influence of Moscow in the recent US presidential election. This information indicates the direct and indirect […]

Putin’s “chess” – Russia’s role in the Middle East and ...

4 Nov, 2017 in Articles / Paraskinio tagged ASSAD / ASTANA TALKS / EGYPT / ERDOGAN / HEZBOLLAH / IRAN / IRAQ / KURDS / LIBYA / MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA / PUTIN / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SYRIA / TRUMP / TURKEY / USA / YEMEN

Originally published in the Greek weekly newspaper “Paraskinio”, issue 600, p. 48, on Oct. 14, 2017 In recent days, a verbal escalation from several Turkish officials led by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to the Russian side about the supply agreement of the Russian S-400 missile systems is evident. Officials from […]

The background of the Russian-Turkish S-400 supply agreement

14 Oct, 2017 in Articles / Paraskinio tagged ERDOGAN / EUROPE / GERMANY / IRAN / IRAQ / ISIS / KURDS / MIDDLE EAST / PKK / PUTIN / PYD / RUSSIA / S-400 / SAUDI ARABIA / SYRIA / TRUMP / TURKEY / USA / YPG

Originally published in LastPoint.gr on 30/08/2017 An Israeli intelligence report was published recently, on the monitoring by an Israeli Defense Ministry satellite on a military establishment in the northwest of Syria. The facility is similar to Iran’s ballistic missile manufacturing facility near Tehran. As a Western source assured me, Israel […]

Iran: The largest Satan with international support

30 Aug, 2017 in Articles / Lastpoint tagged AL-HASHD AL-SHA'ABI / ASSAD / ASSAD REGIME / EUROPEAN UNION / GULF COUNTRIES / HEZBOLLAH / HOUTHI / IRAN / IRAQ / IRGC / ISIS / KHAMENEI / KHOMEINI / MIDDLE EAST / MOGHERINI / OBAMA / PUTIN / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / USA

Originally published in the Greek weekly newspaper “Paraskinio”, issue 593, p. 16, on August 26, 2017 “A visit of great importance”. This is how the Turkish and Iranian media describe the visit of the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Army, Major general Mohammad Bagheri to Ankara. The visit was […]

The importance of the visit of the Iranian commander Mohammad ...

26 Aug, 2017 in Articles / Paraskinio tagged AL-QAEDA / ASSAD / ASSAD REGIME / ERDOGAN / EUROPE / EUROPEAN UNION / FRANCE / GERMANY / IRAN / IRAQ / ISIS / KURDS / PYD / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SDF / SYRIA / SYRIAN CRISIS / TURKEY / YPG

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