Monthly archives: January 2018

Originally published in the Greek weekly newspaper “Paraskinio”, issue 615, p. 39, on Jan. 27 “The operation in Afrin has begun and will continue in Manbij.” In these words, the President of Turkey announced the opening of the “Olive Branch” operation in a televised speech from Kütahya last Saturday. On […]

Afrin under fire…

 in Articles / Paraskinio  tagged AFRIN / ASSAD CRIMES / ASSAD REGIME / ERDOGAN / KURDS / RUSSIA / SYRIA / SYRIAN REVOLUTION / TURKEY / 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 ...

 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
Huffington Post Greece – 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 a new operation. […]

The last hours before the Battle of Afrin

 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