Eva J. Koulouriotis

Al-Quds Al-Arabi

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – Sep. 13, 2021, issue 10384, p. 21 At 8:45 a.m. New York time in 2001, Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Masri Muhammad Amir Attah hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center with his plane on what al Qaeda called the “Battle of Manhattan” (ghazwit Manhattan), or as […]

Twenty years since 9/11… Afghanistan takes centre stage again

September 13, 2021 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles tagged AFGHANISTAN / BIDEN / CHINA / EU / EUROPEAN UNION / FRANCE / GERMANY / GREECE / HIBATULLAH AKHUNDZADA / IRAN / MULLAH OMAR / NATO / RUSSIA / TALIBAN / TURKEY / USA

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – Oct. 12, 2020, issue 10053, p. 21 Responding to the possibility of opening up to normalisation with Tel Aviv, Assad said with clarity and confidence that talks about peace with Israel are possible under one condition, namely the return of the occupied Syrian territories. This statement may […]

The Syrian regime and the gate to normalisation

October 12, 2020 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles tagged ABU DHABI / ASSAD / BIDEN / IRAN / ISRAEL / MIDDLE EAST / MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED / NORMALISATION DEAL / PUTIN / RUSSIA / SYRIA / SYRIAN REVOLUTION / TRUMP / UAE / USA

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – July 09, 2020, issue 9959, p. 21 With the announcement of the appointment of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi as head of the new Iraqi government, various scenarios began to be adopted and dreams were drawn beyond any reality or even knowledge of the past and present of this tired […]

The moving sand between the two rivers

July 9, 2020 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles tagged IRAN / IRAQ / ISIS / ISLAMIC STATE / KURDISTAN / KURDS / MIDDLE EAST / PKK / TURKEY / USA

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – Mar. 18, 2020, issue 9847, p. 21 In a dark night for the Turkish people and Turkish government with the arrival of the wounded and dead of the Turkish army as a result of their direct targeting by Assad militias in the countryside of Idlib, initial reports […]

On both banks of the Evros River, the interests of ...

March 18, 2020 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles tagged ASSAD / ASSAD REGIME / ERDOGAN / EU / EUROPE / EUROPEAN UNION / FRANCE / GERMANY / GREECE / IDLIB / MITSOTAKIS / PUTIN / REFUGEE ISSUE / RUSSIA / SYRIA / SYRIAN REFUGEES / SYRIAN REVOLUTION / TURKEY / USA

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – Jan, 20, 2020 The rules of the game have changed’, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said hours before the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani. The choice of the phrase by the defense minister of the most powerful country in the world was not accidental. It was, in […]

The Iranian bottleneck after Soleimani’s assassination

January 20, 2020 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – May 15, 2019, issue 9545, p. 21 The current Iranian regime depends on a central leadership led by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the religious leader who has the first and last say in any political, military or economic decision taken by the regime. Khamenei is surrounded by […]

Options for peace and war in the Arabian Gulf

May 15, 2019 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – Apr. 27, 2019, issue 9527, p. 22 Approaching the end of the first year since the abolition from Washington of the nuclear agreement with the Iranian government, we can say that it did not have the impact that most observers expected, nor was it proportional to the […]

One year after the end of the nuclear agreement, the ...

April 27, 2019 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles tagged AFGHANISTAN / HEZBOLLAH / IRAN / IRGC / ISRAEL / MIDDLE EAST / NETANYAHOU / RUSSIA / SYRIA / TRUMP / USA / ZARIF

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – Apr. 22, 2019, issue 9522, p. 21 There is no doubt that the Libyan economy before the Arab Spring was one of the most powerful economies in North Africa. Its high-quality natural gas constituted financial security for its society, but that did not give the full picture […]

The clash of interests over the Libyan cake

April 22, 2019 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles tagged EGYPT / FRANCE / GADDAFI / HAFTAR / ITALY / LIBYA / PUTIN / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / TRUMP / UAE / USA

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – Mar. 28, 2019, issue 9497, p. 21 Turkish municipal elections at the end of this month may mark a new shift that will affect the country’s political future. With this expectation, Ankara lives days of tension awaiting the results of the negotiations with Washington that will determine […]

Turkey between the ally and the partner

March 29, 2019 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles tagged AKP / ERDOGAN / EU / F-35 / PUTIN / RUSSIA / SYRIA / TRUMP / TURKEY / USA

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – Feb. 06, 2019, issue 9447, p. 21 The ancient Greek tragedy has always been full of treason and breach of trust among the Allies. Just as Athens and even whole Greece almost fell into the hands of the Persians because of the betrayal of Ephialtes to the […]

The stalemate of confidence may reshuffle the cards in the ...

February 6, 2019 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – Nov. 13, 2018, issue 9365, p. 21 At the time that the Turkish armoured vehicles and rockets sound at the border of the city of Ayn al-Arab (Kobane), the Turkish government is rushing to the next steps. The initial stability of the exchange rate of the Turkish […]

From the trenches of Ayn al-Arab to the walls of ...

November 13, 2018 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles tagged ASSAD / ASTANA / ERDOGAN / KHASHOGGI / KOBANE / MOHAMMAD BIN SALMAN / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SOCHI / SYRIA / TRUMP / TURKEY / USA

Al-Quds Al-Arabi – Oct. 23, 2018, issue 9344, p. 21 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has always had a great deal of weight in the Middle East and internationally because of its advantages, such as its oil deposits. Saudi Arabia is currently the second largest oil exporter in the world […]

Mohammad bin Salman from the beginning to the brink of ...

October 23, 2018 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi / Articles tagged JAMAL KHASHOGGI / KSA / MBS / MOHAMMED BIN NAYEF / MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN / MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED / OBAMA / SAUDI ARABIA / SYRIA / TRUMP / TURKEY / UAE / USA / YEMEN