Eva J. Koulouriotis

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Huffington Post Greece – Apr. 10, 2018 Since the beginning of this year the eastern part of Syria has been transformed into a quiet zone in terms of military moves. Moscow and Washington reached an important initial agreement that was raveled in the Philippines by the Foreign Ministers of the […]

What is hidden in the Syrian East?

April 10, 2018 in Articles / Huffington Post Greece

Annahar Premium – Apr. 06, 2018 Mr. George Issa, distinguished journalist in the Lebanese newspaper “Annahar” asked my opinion on the recent meeting between the leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran and the developments in Syria. G.I.: May I ask your opinion for Annahar about the probable agreement that the […]

Commentary in Annahar on Turkey, Russia & Iran summit about ...

April 6, 2018 in Annahar / Articles tagged ASSAD / ASSAD REGIME / ERDOGAN / IRAN / ISIS / MIDDLE EAST / PKK / PUTIN / SYRIAN REVOLUTION / TURKEY / USA

Paraskinio – issue 625 p. 47, Apr. 06, 2018 Following the great support provided by the US forces within the International Coalition against ISIS to the Kurdish militias, they managed to control the city of Manbij in early 2016 and expel ISIS. Washington then came to an agreement with Ankara […]

The control of Manbij leads to a new international conflict

April 6, 2018 in Articles / Paraskinio

Paraskinio – issue 624 p. 47, Mar. 31, 2018 Turkey’s internal and foreign policy is a hallmark of crisis and local risks management, as well as regional and international pressures. The current Turkish administration has managed to overcome many obstacles and to become strong and stable internationally and internally, despite […]

The new page in Euro-Turkish relations

March 31, 2018 in Articles / Paraskinio

Paraskinio – issue 623, p. 39, Mar. 23, 2018 It has already been seven years since the outbreak of the Syrian Revolution, the revolution that remains the biggest tragedy of the century so far, during which Syria has been transformed from the country where the first civilizations were born into […]

Seven years since the Syrian Revolution began

March 23, 2018 in Articles / Paraskinio

Paraskinio – issue 622 p. 39, Mar. 17, 2018 Nearly two months after the start of the Turkish operation backed by Syrian opposition forces against the Kurdish militias in Afrin in northwest Syria, the extent of the progress of Ankara’s allies against them was made clear according to the map […]

The last hours before the fall of Afrin

March 17, 2018 in Articles / Paraskinio

Paraskinio – issue 621 p. 39, Mar. 10, 2018 It is true that Russia has returned as an important international player after decades of US unipolar control. This was clear after the immediate military action being carried out by Moscow in Ukraine and the imposition of control over the Crimea. […]

Iranian and Russian relations in Syria

March 10, 2018 in Articles / Paraskinio

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