Eva J. Koulouriotis

Yearly archives: 2018

Huffington Post Greece – 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 at the border between […]

Golan heights on fire

March 6, 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 620, p. 47, on Mar. 3 Eastern Ghouta, an area no more than 100 square kilometers east of the Syrian capital of Damascus with 400.000 inhabitants, has been under siege in the past three years. Bombs-barrels and phosphorus along with other […]

The cycle of death in Eastern Ghouta and the hypocrisy ...

March 3, 2018 in Articles / Paraskinio

Paraskinio – Feb. 24, 2018, issue 619, p. 39 US Defense Secretary James Mattis, during a speech in Congress on February 8, stressed that the situation in Afghanistan is heading for the better, and that the US forces recently sent will work to eliminate the latest Taliban and ISIS powers […]

The Afghan black hole

February 24, 2018 in Articles / Paraskinio tagged AFGHANISTAN / AL-QAEDA / MIDDLE EAST / NATO / OBAMA / RUSSIA / TALIBAN / USA

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – Feb. 23, 2018, issue 9104, p. 21 Many of the political experts keep on relating history to the present by establishing historical antagonism and friendship as a basis for international policy-making. But the first and most important rule to be set in the analysis of any international […]

Turkey between rhetoric and reality

February 23, 2018 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles

Huffington Post Greece – Feb. 20, 2018 Entering the fourth week of the Turkish operation “Olive branch” in Afrin, northwest Syria, backed by Syrian armed forces, the Kurdish line of defense began to bend, despite the slow progress which the Turkish side attributes to the weather. The battle is difficult […]

The imaginary allies of the Kurdish militias of Syria

February 20, 2018 in Articles / Huffington Post Greece

Paraskinio – Feb. 16, 2018, issue 618, p. 39 After halting ISIS in eastern Syria, the region that separates the Kurdish militias supported by the US and Assad forces supported by Russia and the militias backed by Iran has been prolonged. The current map confirms what I mentioned in a previous […]

Euphrates: the new conflict line between Washington and Moscow

February 16, 2018 in Articles / Paraskinio

Paraskinio – Feb. 10, 2018, issue 617, p. 39 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 for Erdoğan and his party. Initially, […]

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

February 10, 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 616, p. 39, on Feb. 03 Ten years after the Greek veto over FYROM’s accession to NATO, the file for the name of the neighboring country reopened. There are many theories about the reasons but also about the countries behind the […]

The “red line” of history

February 3, 2018 in Articles / Paraskinio

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – Feb. 1, 2018, issue 9028, p. 21 It has become important for us, as researchers in political affairs, to re-read the American scene, especially its strategy. This strategy has always been prepared by the State Department, the Department of Defense and the CIA to reach the White […]

The change of US strategy in the Middle East

February 1, 2018 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles

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…

January 27, 2018 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 ...

January 20, 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

Annahar Premium – Jan. 18, 2018 and Annahar – Jan. 21, 2018 Mr. George Issa, distinguished journalist in the Lebanese newspaper “Annahar”, posed to me the following questions on the operation in Afrin, Syria: G.I.: May I ask your opinion for my article about the growing tensions between Erdoğan and […]

Commentary in Annahar newspaper on Afrin operation

January 18, 2018 in Annahar / Articles