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Sofokleousin.gr – July 17, 2017 On the 10th of this month, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced that the Iraqi city of Mosul was ‘liberated’ from the terrorist organization ISIS. This announcement came after more than nine months of fighting by Iraqi and Kurdish forces alongside the International Coalition for Combating […]

North Iraq: Liberation or permanent occupation?

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Originally published in the Greek newspaper “Paraskinio”, issue 584, p. 57 on June 24, 2017 Iraqi Kurdish administration announced last week a referendum on September 25th to sever the northern part of the country, rebuild the border of the region and form the Iraqi Kurdish state. This announcement was received […]

Kurdish state between dream and reality

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Originally published in the Greek newspaper “Paraskinio” issue 583, p. 56 on June 17, 2017 Earlier this month, an unprecedented event for Iran’s capital Tehran occurred, when the Iranian Parliament building and the Khomeini monument became the targets of a terrorist attack, tragically resulting in the deaths of 9 people […]

The terrorist attack on the Iranian Parliament and the secret ...

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Originally published in the Greek newspaper “Paraskinio” issue 582, p. 20 on June 9, 2017 Last Tuesday, SDF militia, backed by the International Coalition against terrorism, announced the start of the final phase of the operation “Wrath of Euphrates” to control the city of Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic […]

Raqqa battle … The end of terror or the start ...

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Huffington Post Greece – May 13, 2017 Last Wednesday’s meeting in Astana differs from the previous one. The international atmosphere has changed dramatically since US bombing on Shayrat military airport of the Assad regime. The previous US government left the Syrian territory at the mercy of Russia, which found the […]

Meeting of Astana: The Russian proposal to resolve the Syrian ...

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