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Lastpoint.gr – Feb. 01, 2020 The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a few days ago the appointment of Ms. Tasia Athanassiou as a special envoy for Syria. Ms. Athanassiou held the position of Ambassador of Greece to the Syrian capital Damascus until 2012, when the Samaras government decided to […]

Athens: The back door for the butcher of Damascus


LastPoint.gr – Dec. 19, 2019 Recent developments in the Mediterranean bring to the fore the planned visit of the US Secretary of State to Athens last October to meet with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the new Greek Foreign Minister, so it is useful to clear some points. This visit […]

The secret aspects of Pompeo’s visit to Athens



LastPoint.gr – Sept. 06, 2019 Last Saturday, about 15 boats carrying more than 500 refugees from the Turkish coast, mainly Syrians, arrived in Lesvos suddenly and unexpectedly. This event met with the immediate reaction of the Greek government, first of all to the Turkish ambassador to Athens, condemning it and […]

The battle of Idlib on the Greek coast



LastPoint.gr – May 30, 2018 In the recent clashes in Gaza, the most violent after the 2013 war and counting over 75 dead and 2,000 injured, tens of thousands of residents who tried to bypass the dividing line with Israel, were confronted with the Israeli army’s bullets. Many may wonder […]

Gaza: Between siege and fire



LastPoint.gr – Sep. 25, 2017 Following SYRIZA’s expected victory in the 2015 elections, great concern among Greek observers has arisen because of his election promises. The country had begun to breathe and rest on its feet under the rule of former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Thus, Alexis Tsipras’ imaginative promises […]

Alexis Tsipras in Wonderland


LastPoint.gr – 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 had noticed the […]

Iran: The largest Satan with international support



LastPoint.gr – July 3, 2017 With the substantial formation of “cantons” on Syrian territory, especially after the weak cease-fire agreement in Astana between Russia, Turkey and Iran, the things between these countries have been complicated by the control of the territories owned by ISIS . Although Russia has the upper […]

The clash of influence forces on the Syrian soil




Originally published in LastPoint.gr on 04/02/2017 On the 2nd of February, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made her first visit to Turkey after the failed coup last July. Immediately after arriving in Ankara, she met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In their statements to the press, the two leaders reported […]

The background of Merkel – Erdoğan meeting